I'm very into science-fantasy, that kind of swordfights and magic and technology thing. — Gary Numan Copy Share Image
This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives. — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it. — David Frum Copy Share Image
“I’m in love with fiction. A fantasy that slips between my fingers when reality sets in.” — Moryah DeMott Copy Share Image
Property exists by grace of the law. It is not a fact, but a legal fiction. — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
It's the imagination that is involved in sci-fi, and fantasy is what draws me to it. Stories, everything. — Mark Sheppard Copy Share Image
I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel. — Vonda N. McIntyre Copy Share Image
A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
I'm a big genre fan. I'm a big science fiction nerd and horror film nerd. I'm obsessed with Pam Grier. I wanted… — Alex Stapleton Copy Share Image
I can't relax when I'm watching a biographical drama because it's so close to what it is that I do that I… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
Most crime fiction plots are not ambitious enough for me. I want something really labyrinthine with clues and puzzles that will reward… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more. — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction cultivates fantasy and compassion; at its worst, memoir provokes schadenfreude and prurience. The ugly truth, I fear, is… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to write science fiction. It was one of my first loves, and I knew if I became a writer… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“This is Fiction, and the truth is whatever you make it. You can interpret the situation in any way you want, and… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
“But Addie knows too well now, knows that these stories are full of foolish humans doing foolish things, warning tales of gods… — V.E. Schwab Copy Share Image
Picking apart a story for its scientific underpinnings doesn't diminish it, it enhances it, makes us dream of the possibilities it proposes.… — Kyle Hill Copy Share Image
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“How did Homo sapiens manage to cross this critical threshold, eventually founding cities comprising tens of thousands of inhabitants and empires ruling… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“I would like [my readers] to better understand human beings and human life as a result of having read [my] stories. I'd… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
![“I would like [my readers] to better understand human beings and human life as a result of having read [my] stories. I'd like them to feel that this was an experience that made things better for them and an experience that gave them hope. I think that the kind of things that we talk about at this…” quote by Gene Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/010/gene-wolfe-2530_books_i-would-like-my-readers-to-better-unders_1168633.jpg)
