“Don’t trust anybody else—no matter how close you are to them.” (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
One believes in Stephen Dedalus as one believes in few characters in fiction. — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
The fiction I'm most interested in has lines of reference to the real world. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries. — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question. — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Since it's fiction, the book resonates, at least for me, on various levels, some of which intimate ideas about history but none… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
“Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
“I believe a family just isn’t complete without skeletons. My dearest momma clean bit off my daddy’s nose right around the time… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
Everybody's always living in fiction just as much as children, but the way our stories are faked is curtailed by all sorts… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And, at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
All of depiction is fiction, it's only a question of degree. When we think of images, such as the signing of the… — Titus Kaphar Copy Share Image
“What are you doing?” Egnatious asked, eyebrows furrowed as he watched Gabriella do a flip. Firen mimicked Gabriella and turned to Egnatious.… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Prose gets divided up into fiction and nonfiction and short fiction and long fiction and autobiographical nonfiction and so on. Poetry can… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
The distinction between literary and genre fiction is stupid and pernicious. It dates back to a feud between Robert Louis Stevenson and… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I don't impose political responsibilities on my fiction. The last thing I would ever want to do, for example, is write a… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
The writer walks out of his workroom in a daze. He wants a drink. He needs it. It happens to be a… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
