I think what will happen is that fiction will become more like poetry. As in, the only people who read it will… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
It was strange to think that all the great women of fiction were, until Jane Austen's day, not only seen by the… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
There's so much written about the Titanic, and it's hard to separate what's fact and what's fiction. My understanding is that the… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“My most educated analysis, with all means of science and technology in mind, is that it’s magic,” Alex said. “There’s no other… — Chris Colfer The Land of Stories Copy Share Image
The line dividing the state from what is called private enterprise, orat least fromthehighlyorganized part of it, is a traditional fiction. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things,… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
I think if you looked at the kind of ebb and flow of supernatural fiction and horror fiction, it does seem to… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
“It should be said that my parents had married for love. The affection and devotion they had shared was the rarest of… — Olivier A. Blanchard Copy Share Image
Remember the words of Christ: "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
If woman had no existence save in the fiction written by men, one would imagine her a person of the utmost importance;… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
With FIVE DAYS, Douglas Kennedy has crafted a brilliant meditation on regret, fidelity, family, and second chances that will have you breathlessly… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
C.S. Lewis says that fiction is able to sneak past the watchful dragons of religion. It becomes more powerful to speak in… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
“Science fiction is the arena of the not-yet, and every science fiction story has this element of not-yet-ness usually a bit… — Welch Everman Copy Share Image
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
Short fiction and the novel, nonfiction and fiction, electronic texts and books - these are not opposites. One need not destroy the… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
When I am writing fiction, I believe I am much better organized, more methodical - one has to be when writing a… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
The problem with the term "The New Fiction" is that the fiction will inevitably be old. The same could have been said… — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
The juggernaut that is steampunk, like Dr. Loveless's giant mechanical spider in the 1999 film version of 'The Wild, Wild West,' seems… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“Although this man spoke pure fluent ghetto, she liked his spirit. She could tell he was attracted to her, and that he… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
“Kara knew all he recognized was T and A on a string and he was nothing more than a sleazy puppeeter ,… — Saira Viola Copy Share Image
The tricks of magic follow the archetypes of narrative fiction — there are tales of creation and loss, death and resurrection, and… — Marco Tempest Copy Share Image
“This a work of f(r)iction, where fact and fiction rub up against each other, and nobody wants to know it regardless.” — Bob N. Boguslavski Copy Share Image
“I’m not smarter than you, I’m more knowledgeable than you, and that’s only because I’m older than you. Parents are always more… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
And I sense it was a rather constructed, almost half narrative fiction film in some ways. A lot of it was staged… — Terry Zwigoff Copy Share Image
“Me han dicho —a modo de crítica— que vivo en la luna. Les he dicho —a modo de crítica— que viven en… — Jaime Jaramillo Escobar Copy Share Image
The primary ambition of Nietzsche's critique of knowledge is ... to demonstrate that 'truths' are fictions masking moral commitments. — John Carroll Copy Share Image
I'm not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and… — Mark Goddard Copy Share Image
“Sunny, a silver boy of nine, daydreams of rescuing two princesses: “The princesses’ savior was a gallant knight. No! A prince! The… — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
I tried writing fiction as a little kid, but had a teacher humiliate me, so didn't write again until I was a… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Gates of Heaven and the Gates of Hell are the same gates. It just depends which side you're standing on when… — Amy Lignor Copy Share Image
My own sense is that fiction is inching its way over to join poetry on the cultural margin. It's an area of… — Matthew Specktor Copy Share Image
In real life, I'd say that your commitment-phobe/narcissist/bad boy boyfriend is a lost cause, but romance is shelved in fiction for a… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
Sentiment and nostalgia are fatal for fiction. One must go into the territory of the imagination with sure feet, hot fainting with… — Lynn Freed Copy Share Image
“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan… — Dan Ahearn Copy Share Image
