I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way…

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is…

— Karin Slaughter

I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and sound engineers…

— Gale Anne Hurd

People whose lives are upside down often read fiction. When you're not sure where you'll end up or how you are going to be,…

— Anne Enright

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400…

— J. G. Ballard

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of…

— Nick Petrie

Science fiction is a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and…

— Ray Bradbury

“Science Fiction, is the last great escape.”

— A.R. Merrydew

For me, fiction's great gift - to writer and reader, alike - is freedom.

— Norman Lock

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

— Dorothy Allison

It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.

— Guy Gavriel Kay

Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.

— Anita Brookner

“Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.”

— Desi Puspitasari

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

— Roxane Gay

I like to hear from my readers, and I like to feel like I'm part of a bigger community of readers and writers.

— Maggie Stiefvater