Fiction Quotes · Page 70

I grew up watching science fiction and action movies. I love it. I absolutely love it!

— Katee Sackhoff

“Various large trees— willowy peppers and especially the pines—seem to be reaching down to hold your hand.”

— Tom Hillman

One of the great things about fiction is you can use an issue and describe it in human terms.

— Michael Connelly

Romance is the most read genre of fiction in the world - but people always undermine it.

— Nicola Coughlan

“On the misty window of her room, she let her finger trace a broken line. She was that line.”

— Azin Sametipour

“Once it gets off the ground into space, all science fiction is fantasy.”

— J.G. Ballard

[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Poirot is a classic character from fiction, not a MacBook Air; he would not benefit from updates.

— Sophie Hannah

“I opened my eyes and watched the water stream past me. I let out some of my air and gazed at the…

— Erica Sehyun Song

Whereas fiction is a continual discovery of what one wants to say, what one feels, what one means, and is, in that…

— Edmund White

Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I'd written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12.

— Mick Garris

“It is childish to study a work of fiction in order to gain information about a country or about a social class…

— Vladimir Nabokov

There are several authors who are also lawyers - and not only the ones who write legal thrillers. There are other attorneys…

— Candace Camp

“I know the next year will be trying, but you must keep faith." His eyes bore into mine, and I fear he…

— Tricia Copeland

“That's sounds right. Another $5,000 went to dress up the Little League park where he had played so many games. Seems like…

— John Grisham

I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those…

— Gustavo Perez Firmat

“Aurelia was just about to take a sip of a mimosa when Mother Guardian snatched the flute away and promptly downed the…

— Therisa Peimer

After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of…

— Ma Jian

Hwang Jung-eun is one of the brightest stars of the new South Korean generation - she's Han Kang's favourite, and the novel…

— Deborah Smith

'Look at Me' started with Rockford, Illinois and New York and the question of how much image culture was changing our inner…

— Jennifer Egan

There was a kind of infiniteness to fiction that I found sort of... disconcerting. I remember having these really panicky thoughts, like,…

— Jon Ronson

Before I started writing, I'd never read much fiction. I was more interested in non-fiction. I'm taking the same approach to theatre:…

— Irvine Welsh

“Cindy, have you heard of the second law of thermodynamics?” “Yes. Something about heat energy can never be created or destroyed?” “That’s…

— Behcet Kaya

“Peeta opens his mouth for the first bite without hesitation. He swallows, then frowns slightly. "They're very sweet." "Yes they're sugar berries.…

— Suzanne Collins

I like to read non-fiction on my e-reader, but as for fiction, I usually like to have a copy to keep at…

— Jenny Han

Science fiction and fantasy is a kind of literature that embodies the highest aspirations of the human race.

— Harlan Ellison

Mr. Henry James writes fiction as if it were a painful duty.

— Oscar Wilde

Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever.

— Leos Carax

“We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect.”

— Evan Meekins

Children's fiction is the most important fiction of all.

— Neil Gaiman

I tend not to read fiction - I'll read one novel a year during the summer - but I do read a…

— David Lammy

I enjoy women's conversation, and I think that helps me to describe them in fiction.

— Alexander McCall Smith

“There is fact in every fiction and truth in every lie.”

— Krisi Keley

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me.

— Peter Benchley

There's no difference between science and science fiction.

— Mike Hughes

“My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.

— Vinton Cerf

“After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.”

— Michael Cox

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

— Jeanne Moreau

Everything is autobiographical, and nothing is autobiographical. That's fiction.

— Lisa Unger