My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
That's why I have to be a fiction writer, because I can't remember what just happened or where I went last week… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be… — Percy Lubbock Copy Share Image
Dialogue in fiction should be reserved for the culminating moments and regarded as the spray into which the great wave of narrative… — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
“This is the kind of detail that is forbidden in literature; in a book, no one would dare combine a full moon… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
No fiction, no myths, no lies, no tangled webs - this is how Irie imagined her homeland. Because homeland is one of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Catholic fiction of the type we're publishing is stories that we know faithful Catholics will enjoy - stories they can escape with,… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
“Many great people had been considered to be boring, like Nigel Mansell, but anyone who had read the racing driver’s autobiography, "Clutch… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author's. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
...memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
I'm interested in non-fiction, but a form of it which is very badly behaved, which doesn't define itself as straight-ahead journalism or… — David Shields Copy Share Image
“I tapped around on my new Miracle Phone—a gift from Joseph—as I listened to the discussion about our next move. I wasn’t… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained,… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Could we say that the short short is to other kinds of fiction somewhat as the lyric is to other kinds of… — Irving Howe Copy Share Image
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Critics were rigid and hidebound, never willing to give due credit for anything that didn’t fit in with their predetermined parameters of… — Therese Anne Fowler Copy Share Image
Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A lot of times in my short fiction there isn't much dramatized scene - there are a lot of short, interconnected bits,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
YA fiction tends to have a finite quality. You're looking toward a goal - prom or graduation or revolution - and we… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Adapted from the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, who cranked out sci-fi pulp by the cubic ton, 'Battlefield Earth' has the musty… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and… — Janet Leigh Copy Share Image
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Free will cannot be used if your being taught how and what to think. If anything you see or read is not… — Christopher T Lewis Copy Share Image
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know,… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
“Mistakes in a work of fiction by a writer are new discoveries by the reader, that create a new ending for the… — kambiz mostofizadeh Copy Share Image
It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“You look good, Clearwater. Been working out?' Danie teased. 'He does, doesn't he?'Janelle agreed. 'This will totally work.' James' eyes darted back… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
The myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys is one of the most pervasive we own, and morally grey anti-heroes are simply… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on… — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
Research is always a high priority in my fiction. Songs, fashion, politics, television, movies, trends - I try to get those details… — Mitali Perkins Copy Share Image
In my mind, there's not a great difference between what people call fiction and non-fiction. So in that sense, I'm like an… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
