There's basically an element of fiction in everything you remember. Imagination and memory are almost the same brain processes. When I write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
If asked to list my ten favorite American fiction writers, Gail Godwin would be among them. In this, her latest . .… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
For the last 30 years our cinemas have been ruled by science fiction and horror. We've had some very good Fantasy films… — Harry Knowles Copy Share Image
My mother, whom I love dearly, has continually revised my life story within the context of a complicated family history that includes… — Melissa Gilbert Copy Share Image
There is something else which has the power to awaken us to the truth. It is the works of writers of genius.… — Simone Weil Copy Share Image
I don't even know how people read new fiction anymore because there's so much old fiction that exists that seems great that's… — Harmony Korine Copy Share Image
There's a fine line between imagination and reality. An inventor dreams something up, and pretty soon, it's there on the table before… — Ridley Pearson 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
One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I was 45 when I wrote most of this book [Hungry Heart ], at what felt like a halfway point in my… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“Virginia screamed, grabbing for the door handle and nearly throwing herself from the moving car. James swerved to the side of the… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
I'll bet you $10 right now that there are an awful lot of literary writers who started a long time ago and… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
But maybe happiness isn't in the choosing. Maybe it's in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself… — Will Self Copy Share Image
When you're not doing fiction, there's a limit to how much illustrating you can do with your work. I mean, you can… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Historical novels are about costumery. I think that's the magic and mystery of fiction. I don't want to write historical fiction but… — Chang-Rae Lee Copy Share Image
“I believe that all things happen under the watchful eye of God and the lessons we learn along the way only serve… — Nancy B. Brewer Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with movies when I was younger. During the summer, I would go by myself to a theater down the… — Allen Covert Copy Share Image
“Gareth Miller grabbed the beer first, then the hotdog, because if there’s one thing you don’t want to be caught dead without… — Jay Nichols Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, a voice called from the darkness. Taylor leapt like a salmon, then became rooted to the spot like a tin of… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
I took a great joy with inventing new kinds of mechanisms. I invented new kinds of machines. I've been a student of… — Jack Kirby Copy Share Image
When you grow up in science fiction you grow up in everything! It's the greatest and only field worth growing up in.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
It seems that fiction no longer produces work that makes one feel the human condition deeply. — Vivian Gornick Copy Share Image
As an actress, I think I really understand that stage where you think you are picking reality in order to feed the… — Ludivine Sagnier Copy Share Image
What if most of the technologies readers and cinemagoers are presented with in bestselling books and blockbuster movies are not science fiction,… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
Fiction tends to spread farther than nonfiction - and as a filmmaker, it's important to be cognizant of not perpetuating the same… — Nia DaCosta Copy Share Image
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that?… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“You remember?' he said incredulously. 'What could you possibly remember?' he asked, staring at her, waiting for the answer. The beauty from… — Sebastian Cole Copy Share Image
It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal — Carol Ann Duffy Copy Share Image
Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Science fiction annoyed me because it was like, "Why is the world as it is not enough for you?" — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
Fiction is always a utopian task, in that there's an ideal you hold in your head as you write which inevitably fails… — Lauren Groff Copy Share Image
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