Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“They were rebellious through their artistic expression and their uplifting spirits” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it. — Thomas Perry Copy Share Image
“I find the title How to Be Good. Curious, I open it up. I'm disappointed to find it's fiction.” — Jael McHenry Copy Share Image
“I hope to God there are no wars for him or anyone to fight in after this one.” — Mark Ellis Copy Share Image
One thing that fiction does is it allows us to take big picture questions, big issues, big moral and socio-political changes and… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
The Place of No Shadows, in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (1990) In our Universe, matter is arranged in a hierarchy of… — Francois Jacob Copy Share Image
“I always thought of the stars like a handful of gems that God randomly tossed across the sky, saying, 'Here, go wherever… — Chelsea Vanderbeek Copy Share Image
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“How is it possible you have caught me off guard, he seemed to ask. Exactly where have I miscalculated the velocities, how… — Stephanie Vaughn Copy Share Image
I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two… — Sarah Sutton Copy Share Image
Writing, of course, it's not all in your head. Not talking about the 'manual' act of typing here either, but that, when… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
“I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created… — Atul Purohit Copy Share Image
For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic and at worst… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
“… it would even be inexact to say that I thought of those who read it as readers of my book. Because… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
“He wishes he could remember everything. Anything. He doesn’t sense a bone in his body that can feel compassion or worthiness. Self-pity… — Christy A. Campbell Copy Share Image
My non-fiction films are pretty much fiction, or at least close... It's all "movies" for me. I never have searched for a… — Werner Herzog Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Predictions are uttered by prophets (free of charge); by clairvoyants (who usually charge a fee, and are therefore more honored in their… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
