I've been writing fiction probably since I was about 6 years old, so it's something that is second nature to me now.… — Candace Bushnell Copy Share Image
There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though - ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
“When people pose the question, are you “coxom”, Tom Conrad? I like to pose a question back at them: Is J.K. Rowling… — Tom Conrad Copy Share Image
“I promise to tell you everything you want, but first I want something from you in return. What do you want? Olivia… — Evette Davis Copy Share Image
Many Americans have never owned a book. And others have never owned a non-fiction book. Providing them with a 300-page paperback would… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part… — Marcia Clark Copy Share Image
Science fiction is essentially a kind of fiction in which people learn more about how to live in the real world, visiting… — Brian Stableford Copy Share Image
Abundant choice doesn't force us to look for the absolute best of everything. It allows us to find the extremes in those… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
You know, every year 'Torchwood' has become something a little different than it was before. It's still sci-fi, but it doesn't just… — John Barrowman Copy Share Image
I used to write my own versions of famous tales, such as William Tell or Robin Hood, and illustrate them myself, too.… — Peter Robinson Copy Share Image
I do tend to look at my books in many ways as conceptual fiction, even to the point where I think the… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The religious paradigm and the science fiction paradigm are different. Apologies to science fiction fans, but the paradigm there is to create… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
There was a period that black film had no chance of making it in Hollywood. So, people just made the made the… — Reginald Hudlin Copy Share Image
“Charlee has my arm. She has my arm—my arm that’s rigid from pleasure, from her touch—in her little fingers. She holds my… — Rebecca Berto Copy Share Image
...fiction is made out of the writer's experience, his whole life from infancy on, everything he's thought and done and seen and… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“Why else do we read anyway? I think most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Maybe I'm perverse, but the question of "rooting" for a character, or setting out to write a character for whom other people… — James Lasdun Copy Share Image
Christianity is an old metaphysical fiction, stuffed with fables, contradictions and absurdities: it was spawned in the fevered imagination of the Orientals,… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
I'm only interested in science fiction that's used as a literary device, a shortcut into something more exploratory or universal about our… — Shane Carruth Copy Share Image
“Thomas Randall and Christopher Golden not only are inventive writers but write in a sense to grab your attention cover to cover!… — Thomas Randall Copy Share Image
With a historical novel you know that liberties are being taken. Since Walter Scott, we know that poetic license, dramatic license, that… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
In Ireland, novels and plays still have a strange force. The writing of fiction and the creation of theatrical images can affect… — Colm Toibin Copy Share Image
A friend of mine who writes history books said to me that he thought that the two creatures most to be pitied… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
“Sinuhe, my friend, we have been born into strange times. Everything is melting – changing its shape – like clay on a… — Mika Waltari Copy Share Image
I wondered what on earth she saw in me that could make her want to befriend me, other than a pale reflection… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public - a reading public of three millions which lies right out… — Wilkie Collins Copy Share Image
“Cindy, have you heard of the second law of thermodynamics?” “Yes. Something about heat energy can never be created or destroyed?” “That’s… — Behcet Kaya Copy Share Image
“Peeta opens his mouth for the first bite without hesitation. He swallows, then frowns slightly. "They're very sweet." "Yes they're sugar berries.… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
'Look at Me' started with Rockford, Illinois and New York and the question of how much image culture was changing our inner… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
There was a kind of infiniteness to fiction that I found sort of... disconcerting. I remember having these really panicky thoughts, like,… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel… — Deborah Smith Copy Share Image
Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre:… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I was on a panel with light skinned Blacks and a famous gay science fiction writer, who were complaining about how Blacks… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
My works are a direct response to the typical space opera. I grew tired of always reading about how the people with… — Nathan Lowell Copy Share Image
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
The "great tradition" does not brook even the possibility of libidinal gratification between the pages as an end in itself, and FR… — F. R. Leavis Copy Share Image
“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
