A petty reason perhaps why novelists more and more try to keep a distance from journalists is that novelists are trying to… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
“Kate stops grinding the knife and begins to pass it over the length of the stone. Turning her wrist, she pulls the… — Kari Aguila Copy Share Image
When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but… — Amy Tan Copy Share Image
It remains a mystery to me why some of that [pulp] fiction should be judged inferior to the rafts and rafts of… — Michael Moorcock Copy Share Image
The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot… — Alexander MacLaren Copy Share Image
There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies,… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
The novel doesn't come into existence until certain methods of reproducing fiction come along. — Leslie Fiedler Copy Share Image
Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“There’s that fallen heart feeling that you rushed right through the moments where you should’ve been paying attention. Well, get used to… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Better to have a small role in God's story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction. — LeCrae Copy Share Image
It is truly bracing and instructive to contemplate the End Times - at least at safe remove, in the pages of fiction… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western… — Cynthia Breazeal Copy Share Image
“On the misty window of her room, she let her finger trace a broken line. She was that line.” — Azin Sametipour Copy Share Image
The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
I think, for sure, 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Pulp Fiction' were kind of bookends for - or the pillars of - my… — John Travolta Copy Share Image
[The Women's Room] is one of those pieces of fiction that reveals itself in a different way every time. It's incredible. — June Diane Raphael Copy Share Image
“His fingers painted my skin with ruby red patterns of desire. In Keahi’s kiss I could taste the red burn of chili… — Lani Wendt Young Copy Share Image
I think that it's more likely that in my 60s and 70s I will be writing poetry rather than fiction. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
Any author of fiction will tell you that characters don't need to be told what to do. — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“Allegedly, allegedly I say, the R.G.A. were extremely miffed of portrait painted of their monarch, King Tingaling XX, by Master. Portrait apparently,… — Elias Zapple Copy Share Image
I guess it must be a time-of-life thing, looking back and trying to make some sense of who I am and where… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image