As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
We live in a violent world, but since the success of films like Pulp Fiction, it seems every movie has some violence… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
“And to see the white flash of Klaus's eyes as he whirled on her. For one stunned instant she stared at him,… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
... the main concern of the fiction writer is with mystery as it is incarnated in human life. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably,… — Cassie Steele Copy Share Image
I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. — Roddy Doyle Copy Share Image
When did atheists become so evangelical? I mean, if you don't believe something to be true, wouldn't you just ignore it? That's… — Laura Ingraham Copy Share Image
On a book like 'X-Men,' you have to stay true to the established fiction, working with editors to ensure continuity, sometimes across… — Joe Madureira Copy Share Image
I'm repledging myself to human-scale values. As a fiction writer, the best data comes through the senses and is then processed through… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“You have seven writers in your basement?” Donald nods, signing, “They like it here. There’s a poet, a couple of novelists, an… — Susan Wiggs Copy Share Image
“What did one see if one looked in any depth into the world of this writer's fiction? Elegant self-control concealing from the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
I don't read an awful lot of fiction and when I do, it tends to be lightweight stuff. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Remember this one thing baby girl, women don’t juggle…we diversify!” — Iesha S. Walker Copy Share Image
Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Minds that have withered into psychosis are far more terrifying than any character of fiction.” — Christian Baloga Copy Share Image
“Stop looking for that person you were in the past. She has changed. Look for the person she has grown into. She… — Chris Pepple Copy Share Image
I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
“For someone to go from a crown princess-in-waiting to a witch, to a fortune teller, and finally, to an apothecary— that really… — Kristina Stangl Copy Share Image
Thomas Ligotti is an absolute master of supernatural horror and weird fiction, and a true original. He pursues his unique vision with… — Ramsey Campbell Copy Share Image
“Vincent knew he was dying. A horrendous fever overwhelmed him with intolerable pain throughout many sleepless hours. It came as a result… — Don Luis Zavala Copy Share Image
I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I'm a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction -… — Anthony Geary Copy Share Image
When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. However beautiful it looked,… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
In journalism I can only tell what happened. In fiction, I can show it. — David Frum Copy Share Image
In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Because science flourishes, must poesy decline? The complaint serves but to betray the weakness of the class who urge it. True, in… — Hugh Miller Copy Share Image
“Joseph, you’re out of clean towels.” Lucia poked her head into the living room, the rest of her hidden behind the wall.… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I write fiction longhand. That's not so much about rejecting technology as being unable to write fiction on a computer for some… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look… — Percy Lubbock Copy Share Image
Please join me in applauding the ESA - European Space Agency’s historic efforts with the Rosetta Mission and landing a spacecraft on… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
It's not highly intellectual material. I'm dedicating it to the pulp fiction of the past. — Bruce Boxleitner Copy Share Image
“You might think of the barrier between fiction and reality as being a bit like a blood-brain barrier, which allows only some… — Greg Carlson Copy Share Image
There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“Religion and nationalism? I defecate on the altar of religious conviction, and wipe my arse on the flag of national pride.” — Ian Martin Copy Share Image
As a science fiction fan, I had always assumed that when computers supplemented our intelligence, it would be because we outsourced some… — Gary Wolf Copy Share Image
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