“Fiction is dangerous because it lets you into other people's heads. It shows you that the world doesn't have to be like… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Writing historical fiction has many common traits with writing sci-fi or fantasy books. The past is another country - a very different… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Inside the room there sat a rocker, which she sat on, and which had rocked her while she sipped the beer, because… — Justin Dobbs Copy Share Image
Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend… — George Murray Copy Share Image
“Mary dashed the rain from her eyes with a frozen hand. Was that a knife buried in the man’s chest with the… — Susan Rowland Copy Share Image
As far as characters in fiction that I really admire - it's pretty strong to say you would wish that you had… — Michael Connelly Copy Share Image
'The Devil in the Dark' impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird,… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Beauty in life and fiction is a mixture of Fairy Tale and Tragedy. Men see a pretty face and want to claim… — Lori Jones Copy Share Image
There are many facts within fiction. This captivating story provides invaluable insights into the childhood of a girl who has Asperger’s syndrome.… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
The entire Internet, as well as the types of devices represented by the desktop computer, the laptop computer, the iPhone, the iPod,… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
The pervasive brutality in current fiction - the death, disease, dysfunction, depression, dismemberment, drug addiction, dementia, and dreary little dramas of domestic… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
When I tried to get 'Stargate' made, I took it to every studio in Hollywood and every studio said, 'Sci-fi is dead.… — Dean Devlin Copy Share Image
“Then he was there, turned half toward her with a guarded expression etched across his face. She didn't stop or even slow… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
You can, in short, lead the life of the mind, which is, despite some appalling frustrations, the happiest life on earth. And… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
“This is what we are for, Alin,” the older guardsman said, turning to his companion. Adare had never heard anyone use Birch’s… — Brian Staveley Copy Share Image
Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And while dollars have little to do with it, the fiction writer should be asking the same question any capable film producer… — Les Standiford Copy Share Image
It's once I discover the people inside that the story really gets going, and then the formal invention becomes less important. It's… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
... But all the feelings that evoke in us the joy or the misfortune of a real person are only produced in… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
I'll bet you $10 right now that there are an awful lot of literary writers who started a long time ago and… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
“From Chloe's Secret--coming soon “What are you saying?” “I’m saying I want to have a relationship with you. I want to love… — Shelley K. Wall Copy Share Image
“I am thus led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is… — E.L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
“Science fiction is a literature that belongs to all humankind. It portrays events of interest to all of humanity, and thus science… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
What I love about the 'Alien' franchise is I would do all kinds of films - dramas, comedies, whatever - and every… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
The problem with kitsch is that it is all too profound, manipulating deep libidinal and ideological forces, while true art knows how… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
“It is sometimes the minor, not the major, characters in a novel who hold the author's affection longest. It may be that… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
I've always believed in numbers. In the equations and logic. That leads to reason. But after a lifetime of such pursuits, I… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The fiction is like the art, in making stuff out of nothing, in creating a hyper-reality to have an experience. If it's… — Watkin Tudor Jones Copy Share Image
I'd probably be a super wealthy guy if I had sat around writing songs and getting them placed like everyone else I… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
Reality TV now doesn't feel reality TV when it started. The line between reality and fiction is blurred. So many of these… — Portia de Rossi Copy Share Image
“It is not my job to explain the story or understand the story or reduce it to a phrase or offer it… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
“I blew into L.A. streaking down the freeway, the song "L.A. Woman" blasting out of the car speakers, the wind in my… — Jim Cherry Copy Share Image
She wanted happily ever after more than he could possibly know. She wanted forever. Problem was, she just wasn’t sure she believed… — Maya Banks Copy Share Image
It seems like every few years a big name author will holler something about how evil, heinous, and morally wrong fan fiction… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
The real origin of science fiction lay in the seventeeth-century novels of exploration in fabulous lands. Therefore Jules Verne's story of travel… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
“There's no difference between pulp fiction and highbrow fiction, one is as good as the other, the only difference is the aura… — Karl Ove Knausgård Copy Share Image
“The rolled toile slowly climbed up the bathroom wall. Tearing the chewed gum into pieces, the little green arms and hands secured… — Mary K. Savarese Copy Share Image
The whole idea of action being a carrier of information is something that comes directly from theater. That's, in some ways, the… — Keller Easterling Copy Share Image
Science fiction, because it ventures into no man's lands, tends to meet some of the requirements posed by Jung in his explorations… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I believe that hunger for a 'lost dimension' of experience is a natural yearning in all of us, and it doesn't go… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
