It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts. — John McGahern Copy Share Image
A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper. — Gloria Vanderbilt Copy Share Image
“Wherever you are lacking, your obedience in working on that before your mate comes is vital.” — Angelo M. Swinson Copy Share Image
“Nashville has always been competitive. My granddaddy called it the Hillbilly Babylon.” — Hunter S. Jones Copy Share Image
I grew up on British fiction, and I write perhaps more directly out of that tradition. — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end. — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
People think that by living on some mountainside in a tent and being frozen to death by freezing rain, they're somehow discovering… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I love the writing of Walter Tevis and what he views as the possibilities of science rather than science fiction. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise.… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work. — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
The rich survive and everyone else gets ready to work 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 jobs and what do you get? Blade… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
“Every morning when I wake up, I ask myself, "Why was I born?" Then I answer myself, "You were born to be… — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
One of the more depressing things about reading your fiction 25 years later, or 10 years later, is you realize the only… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I think, when you are writing non-fiction, you feel there's an obligation to get it absolutely right, so all your factual details… — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
I like fiction that deals with matters that are of burning importance to us in our private lives. And not all short… — Lorin Stein Copy Share Image
“More than likely you’ll do well enough alone by the engines of your own fate until you either hit a few really… — Carew Papritz Copy Share Image
Historically, I guess that's how science fiction works: you start by using aliens to think the unthinkable and then, eventually, another… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
