I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read. — Alex Flinn Copy Share Image
“When I married Mr. Right, I didn’t realize his first name was ALWAYS.” — Jill Kargman Copy Share Image
“A writer looks at an issue and asks, 'What if this were to occur? Or what if that was thrown into the… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
“I uttered the wisest thing that you must say to an angry woman - “I’m sorry.” — Mita Jain Copy Share Image
“Thank God there are places with sounds that make me cry from beauty, not from pain.” — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“Peck prided herself on being well-mannered, often to the point of rudeness.” — Danielle Ganek Copy Share Image
“The way contemporary literature is emerging, soon we can expect "Item poetry" in novels.” — Himmilicious Copy Share Image
“I wanted to be ready. I had thought I was ready. I really believed I was ready. That is, until the milk… — Kathryn Michaels Copy Share Image
“Ava glanced over at Napoleon, who was walking back toward them. She smirked at Juliet and said, "Sweetie, you are *not* the… — Jay Fingers Copy Share Image
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that… — Jessica Hagedorn Copy Share Image
“When death becomes an escape, when it becomes attractive, the purpose of life is fulfilled. To teach one it's futility, it's worthlessness,… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“I'm going to turn my life around. Make a complete three sixty." "Don't you mean one eighty?" he corrected. "If you do… — Megan Duke Copy Share Image
“If a woman chooses to support her husband and become First Lady, I believe she must do so with the understanding that… — Venita Ellick Copy Share Image
Most contemporary fiction sucks. It's intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It's cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it's also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is… — Rachel Cusk Copy Share Image
“Taking inspiration from her own experiences as a wife, mother, principal and teacher, Ellick creates a realistic and thought-provoking modern scenario for… — Bainbridge Island Review Copy Share Image
Intensely moving but never sentimental, Academy Street is a profound meditation on what Faulkner called 'the human heart in conflict with itself'.… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“The road to heaven isn’t much of a road,” he was saying. “It’s more like a dusty trail, roughly cut out through… — Bonnie Grove Copy Share Image
“Quick, somebody call the caretaker!’ Gemma’s stage voice rang out loud and clear. ‘There’s some trash here that needs to be taken… — Aurelia B. Rowl Copy Share Image
Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the… — David Bezmozgis Copy Share Image
“Vomit began to spill out of me like pea soup, splattering the road with champagne and caviar, long island iced teas, of… — Keira D. Skye Copy Share Image
While I love to read contemporary fiction, I'm not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it's because the former journalist in me is… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
Here is one of the fundamental defects of American fiction--perhaps the one character that sets it off sharply from all other known… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“In the nights though, I couldn't help but weave the golden cloth of my dreams. Each stitch from heart to thought, and… — Faiqa Mansab Copy Share Image
“I was just trying to demonstrate to the students of Rowland University that Rowland University was not infinite. It had taken me… — Jon Woodson Copy Share Image
“The dusty library air is electric with secrets/ almost palpable in the thick quiet that bounces between/ Cal and those books and… — Stasia Ward Kehoe Copy Share Image
“If the world explore all my dark fantasy, will change for the better”.” — Alexandar Tomov Copy Share Image
“Still speaking over me,' she says, meeting my eyes and scoffing. 'You are still that worthless little girl.” — Rebecca Berto Copy Share Image
“the great advantage of really contemporary fiction is that one finds oneself mirror on every page” — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“the great advantage of really contemporary fiction is that one finds oneself mirrored on every page” — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
“sametimes people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them” — John Green Copy Share Image
“There have been times I have thought some dreams should never be dreamt, but I would hate a world where that was… — Daniel Amory Copy Share Image
I don't like to read contemporary fiction while writing - I need a sense of isolation, a kind of silence, and I… — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
“I need to make myself strong on the inside instead of what is on the outside. I know all of this, but… — Piper Caleb Copy Share Image
