Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
As a novelist, your impulse is toward multiplicity: multiple voices, multiple perceptions, multiple nuances, the ambiguity in human communication. Fiction really is… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
In fiction, the actions of a villain, even when unspeakable, can be cathartic to read about. They let us experience darkness, but… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Fiction does not invent out of a vacuum, but it invents; and what it invents is, first, the fabric and cadence of… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
Of course I didn't pioneer the use of food in fiction: it has been a standard literary device since Chaucer and Rabelais,… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
“That was the September I cut school six times in my first two weeks. I just couldn't do school anymore. Something inside… — Junot Díaz Copy Share Image
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the form itself, so I always feel like I've never been good at going ahead with the… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“The calming presence of the forest merged with the beating hearts of the human beings, each of whom was emanating the same… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“An ear-splitting screech pierced the silence, followed by another, striking his ears like metal against a hollow bell. The woosh woosh of… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
And then I met Jerry and he's such a creative fiction writer, and I don't know if there's ever been a team… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“There was no control except the " mood of his power... and it is for this reason it is good you never… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
How could you possibly call something science fiction at this point unless it has to do with something that hasn't been done?… — El-P Copy Share Image
I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into… — Malinda Lo Copy Share Image
In 'Nier Automata', the protagonists are androids, not humans, and that's very common in a Science Fiction story. — Yoko Taro Copy Share Image
“All the clues are there in front of us,hidden under a veil,we cannot get the clue by searching for,we have to search… — Arkopaul Das Copy Share Image
One of the great lessons I learned about historical fiction from writing 'Loving Frank' is that you don't try to disguise what… — Nancy Horan Copy Share Image
If you make a movie about Elizabeth I, how much of the dialogue is her real words? Audiences know when they go… — Jean-Jacques Annaud Copy Share Image
“No matter how many romantic poems you recite, no matter how many glorious tales of love you read, how can you really… — Sherry D. Ficklin Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Why don't they make more science fiction movies? The answer to any question starting, Why don't they- is almost always, Money. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“A small white rabbit with floppy ears and a twitching pink nose bounded out from the thick forest brush. Fingers twitching at… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
SF has at least the advantage of not depending on preconceptions. The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in… — John Sladek Copy Share Image
The joy of great fiction is that it transports the reader to another world, where new characters live in otherwise unimaginable ways.… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
“Tragedy often gives birth to courage, it offers man a platform to change what will be." Eli Storm, Emanuel Stone And The… — Isaac Solomon Copy Share Image
“If you want the extra-ordinary, you've got to be willing to forsake the ordinary' - Annie Grimes in Mr Alhourani's Dead Man's… — D.M. Lee Copy Share Image
I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“I found myself intent on keeping the memories of the year to myself. [...] I didn't want to share them. Because I… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
A great danger, or at least a great temptation, for many writers is to become too autobiographical in their approach to their… — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and… — David B. Coe Copy Share Image
In fiction, the reader will make jumps with you. If you can make the reader make that leap with you, it's a… — William Lashner Copy Share Image
I confess I didn't read the 'Green Arrow' comics before coming to play Shado. The comic books are not as easily accessible… — Celina Jade Copy Share Image
I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don't want any… — Piers Anthony Copy Share Image
“I was hoping against hope he'd refill his Prozac so we could be in love again, but, sadly, that never happened.” — Piper Faust Copy Share Image
“If you ever meet someone who thinks they are so special, the best thing to do is smile. You don’t have to… — Jeff Hutchins Copy Share Image
“What is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in… — Rick Gekoski Copy Share Image
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to… — Kevin Wilson Copy Share Image
In 'Out of the Dark,' I'm talking about my own life. I'm not talking as a character or speaking as a character.… — Nikki Grimes Copy Share Image
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