Fiction Quotes · Page 39

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

— Anonymous

Time is, as you are probably aware, merely a convenient fiction. There is no such thing as time.

— E. Nesbit

“Sometimes science fiction does become scientific discovery.”

— John Brockman

A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.

— Dirk Benedict

“Ivy!' I stammered, then glared at Kisten. 'You told Ivy? Thanks a hell of a lot. Want to call my mom next?”

— Kim Harrison

I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

— Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Sometimes I - I try not to read too many fiction or novels.

— John Mica

I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things.

— David Hanson

“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re…

— Anonymous

It's always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it.

— Robin Williams

That's why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from,…

— Walter Salles

In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings--…

— Henry Austin Dobson

I wasn't a big science-fiction fan growing up. But I loved Jules Verne and Sherlock Holmes. Both came into play on 'The…

— Chris Carter

I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves.…

— Alan Moore

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject.

— Ian Mcewan

Anything which must be understood by millions of people is so hopelessly divorced from how it is that it becomes a form…

— Terence McKenna

I am not going to get into it myself, except to say (1) if I am writing "boy fiction," who are all…

— Anonymous

The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it…

— Boris Pasternak

“Before unearthing this letter, I had questioned myself about the ways in which a book can be infinite. I could think of…

— Jorge Luis Borges

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

“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

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

Even though I always claimed that I didn't want to write about something - once I wasn't writing fiction, anyway; I think…

— Vito Acconci

“A large piece of lead floated out of Bobby head, followed by dark chunks of what could only be pieces of Bobby's…

— Edison McDaniels

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

— Nigel Kneale

And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths.

— Steven King

“The job of a fiction writer is to engage the reader and rip them from reality.”

— Tom Wiseman

The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.

— Mark Twain

“We're all prostitutes sir we're all selling ourselves for something”

— Saira Viola

History is bright and fiction dull with homely men who have charmed women.

— O. Henry

I really don't know enough about the structure of fiction.

— Conrad Aiken

Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.

— Matt Groening

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

— Edward Albee

I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems of death.

— Clive Barker

Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.

— Gore Vidal

“Good writers may “tell” about almost anything in fiction except the characters’ feelings.”

— John Gardner

I don't like to read fiction. I like to learn something when I'm reading.

— Lewis Hamilton

That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in.

— Padgett Powell

“My eyes refuse to let him leave, but he stands still holding my hand, lingering for as long as possible.”

— Thomas Sweeney

I know now that the mythic monster I created was largely a fiction.

— Peter Benchley