“Beyond the fiction of reality, there is the reality of the fiction.” — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
“That was a stupid idea I made up while drunk. Why did someone build that?” — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
I think the great unspoken theme in noir fiction is male self-pity. It pervades noir movies. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
“If the weight comes from bacon you can so deduct it off the scale total to get your true weight. #science” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
I grew up reading crime fiction and, especially in the '80s, women were just there to be saved or screwed. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The things that scare us never look as daunting if you change the way you look at them.” — G.J. Walker-Smith Copy Share Image
The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do. — Lindsay Wagner Copy Share Image
I want to write some books. Books that have nothing to do with music, just some fiction type of books for a… — Jhene Aiko Copy Share Image
“Advice from a Romance Writer: Guys, make your woman feel pretty even on an 'off' day. Trust me, good things will come… — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
Sci-Fi is incredibly challenging and has its own language. I have to speak its language; it's not going to learn mine. — Victoria Mahoney Copy Share Image
“Women's fiction is just a marketing category, designed to appeal more to women than to men. But there are stories in that… — Kristine Grayson Copy Share Image
Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
Amplitude is a powerful quality in fiction. It results in involvement, in sympathy with the characters. After a while, a reader can't… — James Salter Copy Share Image
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
I see love developing from friendship. Common ground is a strong basis for friendship. My husband is my best friend and we… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer… — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
“Virginia screamed, grabbing for the door handle and nearly throwing herself from the moving car. James swerved to the side of the… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
