I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“The privileges of the Nobles of the Sword are not democratic ... Across the country, peasants have been burning crops and châteaux.… — Debra Borchert Copy Share Image
The literature now is so opaque to the average person that you couldn't take a science-fiction short story that's published now and… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Unbreakable is a little bit Starship Troopers and a little bit Esmay Suiza, with a dash of Firefly for flavor. W. C.… — Dayton Ward Copy Share Image
Everyone else thinks I'm a nonfiction writer. I think it's because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“Our first kiss was there on the bridge in the woods. How do you describe a first kiss? It is like trying… — Kirstie Collins Brote Copy Share Image
“Ironically, [living in] communities of the like - minded is one of the greatest dangers of today ́s globalized world. And it… — Elif Shafak Copy Share Image
I've read a lot of fiction from writers just starting out, and the dialogue is a little bit forced, or it's almost… — Sara Shepard Copy Share Image
Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to… — Tom Johnson Copy Share Image
[W]hen you're shooting a doc, you're trying to class it up because you can. You know, you're trying to make this feel… — John Hyams Copy Share Image
“The American oligarchy spares no pains in promoting the belief that it does not exist, but the success of its disappearing act… — Michael Lind Copy Share Image
Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
History presents the pleasantest features of poetry and fiction,--the majesty of the epic, the moving accidents of the drama, the surprises and… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“... and I knew what I wanted: I would settle in a hill station and write my novel. I had visions of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
In time truth and science and nature will adapt themselves to art. Things will happen logically, and the villain be discomfited instead… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“That was when I saw their hate come out. They fought on the front lawn. Balloons and my birthday cake stood witness… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
Because they are so humbled by their creations, engineers are naturally conservative in their expectations of technology. They know that the perfect… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
People love gossip because it's slightly removed from actuality. It's a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
“If you focus your eyes towards the horizon, everything and everyone walking in front of you becomes a blurry mass. That's what… — Cristina Martin Copy Share Image
Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
I think that storytelling and creation are very close to what the center of what magic is about. I think not just… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
It's just science fiction so it's allowed to be silly, and childish, and stupid. It's just science fiction, so it doesn't have… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
This fact was something I also learned from this first novel that I needed personal experience to invent, to fantasize, to create… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
It's very hard to be a screenwriter. I remember getting a couple of awards. I got a PEN West award a million… — Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
History has its truth, and so has legend. Legendary truth is of another nature than historical truth. Legendary truth is invention whose… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“the true protagonist of an sf story or novel is an idea not a person. If it is good sf the idea… — philik k dick dr. willis McNelly Copy Share Image
Fiction writers come up with some interesting metaphors when speaking of plot. Some say the plot is the highway and the characters… — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
Obviously any fiction is going to be a combination of what is invented, what is overheard, what is experienced, what is experienced… — David Leavitt Copy Share Image
I think that if there's one key insight science can bring to fiction, it's that fiction - the study of the human… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“The regrets about all she had let go flooded her. Where had all that enterprise gone? All that energy? Why had she… — Rachel Joyce Copy Share Image
I can't be alone among fiction writers in regarding the world, so much weirder than anything we could make up, as beating… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
There are gentle souls who would pronounce Lolita meaningless because it does not teach them anything. I am neither a reader nor… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“They think I'm not dealing with my grief, but I simply refuse to give them the satisfaction of seeing it. I won't… — Cheyenne Berandi Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“But fiction is not, as many nonwriters seem to think, a random grab bag of made-up whimsies, as undisciplined and unreasoned as… — Helen Benedict Copy Share Image
While the fictional realm as such allows for the obstacles of present-day politics to be altered, neglected, and negotiated at will, sci-fi… — Larissa Sansour Copy Share Image
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