Think of literary fiction as a meal with intricate scents…

I think literary theory has not been terribly good for English studies in a while. It's not that theory isn't interesting, but it isn't…

— A. S. Byatt

There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading…

— Anne Lamott

I think I became less literary after I sold more!

— Nick Hornby

In writing literary fiction, you are trying to help yourself. And readers are going to literary fiction not just to be entertained, but because…

— Mohsin Hamid

If literary fiction is reduced to only middle-class families dealing only with middle-class angst, then it’s really finished as a force for grappling with…

— J. M. Ledgard

For me, the term "literary fiction" means there's always attention paid to language, and linguistic experimentation, sophistication.

— Karen Russell

Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.

— Dennis Lehane

“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan Ahearn”

— Dan Ahearn

It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is often nothing…

— Neil Cross

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

— Dean Koontz

With literary fiction, generally a film maker falls in love with a book. In commercial fiction, it's a producer or studio falling in love…

— Robert Gottlieb

[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of taking off…

— Emily Barton

Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits posted online…

— Lee Klein

I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes for experience.

— Neil Cross

I'm well-read as far as literary fiction, but I wanted to make better decisions about my writing, to use words or phrases more confidently…

— Amanda Shires