We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
There's a thing with genre movies and science fiction movies that number two is the charmed; two seems to be the best.… — Dave Gibbons Copy Share Image
“I am not as valuable as the books, I AM the books! They are a part of me I cannot delete or… — Whitney L. Grady Copy Share Image
“The best sci-fi stories use the fantastical to remind us of the reality of who we are today, the hope of who… — Julio-Alexi Genao Copy Share Image
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.' — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Richard Gavin is one of the bright new stars in contemporary weird fiction. His richly textured style, deft character portrayal, and powerful… — S. T. Joshi Copy Share Image
Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in… — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“It was a time before Facebook and Instagram and texting. I imagine it must be easier now, for college students. Home must… — Kirstie Collins Brote Copy Share Image
For a while, when I got out of college, I tried to write fiction. I'd grown up more around novelists, and my… — David Grann Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have a residual guilt when I focus on story over language or mood or whatever - the more "literary"… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
We all suffer alone in the real world. True empathy's impossible. But if a piece of fiction can alow us imaginatively to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“Granted, there is always much that is hidden, and we must not forget that the writing of history - however dryly it… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“For now the world keeps turning and I keep breathing, in and out, in and out. I breathe in the life that… — Clare Furniss Copy Share Image
After having read a lot of fiction, literature, whatever you want to call it, from Wolfe to Houellebecq, I think you have… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“This is the tale of Magic Alex, the man who was everywhere: with Leonard Cohen in Hydra; in Crete with Joni Mitchell;… — Harry F. MacDonald Copy Share Image
Often the lines that define the traditional European arrangement of fiction, non-fiction, history, etc. are not useful. These lines can distort the… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
There's a lot of crap out there. Most of the science fiction films alone are abominations, you know. They're mindless. So you… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You… — Michael Gruber Copy Share Image
“You know there’s this gaping space between us, and if I leaned forward I’d grab Dex’s shirt without ever touching him. You… — Rebecca Berto Copy Share Image
I like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of… — Errol Morris Copy Share Image
I read a lot and fell in love with comics and science fiction. I even self-published some of my comics when I… — Toni Jerrman Copy Share Image
Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the only memories I have are those that I’ve created around photographs of me as a child. Maybe I’m… — Sally Mann Copy Share Image
They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also… — Jo Nesbo Copy Share Image
Tim O'Brien's book about Vietnam, 'The Things They Carried', has won every award, is studied in college and is considered to be… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“I was trying to have an insight, and all I could think of was that I'd backed myself into a corner, and… — John Welter Copy Share Image
Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through… — Mu Xin Copy Share Image
My fiction is only just over the horizon. I present a world that's different but it's familiar enough that it freaks people… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
Can fiction teach us? Absolutely. Fiction has the power to illustrate place, era, and atmosphere in vivid detail. But it is not… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere,… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“It is amazing how sharing of one’s intimate details can make human beings forget the formality of a relationship and bring them… — Ruchira Khanna Copy Share Image
My space chums think reality was once a primitive method of crowd control that got out of hand. In my view, it’s… — Jane Wagner Copy Share Image
If character is the foreground of fiction, setting is the background, and as in a painting's composition, the foreground may be in… — Janet Burroway Copy Share Image
“While parchment may burn and gold may be stained or melted down, the things that are truly important to us will never… — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that's so beautiful, all… — Regina Spektor Copy Share Image
The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of… — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
“the illusion that power lies within the hands of the common man is more important than legitimate efficiency within the government.” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
