In the field of fantastic fiction, the question of world-building is not uncontroversial. But I grew up with 'Dungeons and Dragons,' so… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
Kamby Bolongo Mean River is an original and fearless fiction. It bears genetic traces of Beckett and Stein, but Robert Lopez's powerful… — Sam Lipsyte Copy Share Image
Scientific practice is above all a story-telling practice. ... Biology is inherently historical, and its form of discourse is inherently narrative. ...… — Donna J. Haraway Copy Share Image
The only valid reason to use clichés is in the speech of a character. Cliches are indications of sloppy writing. The writer… — Leonard Bishop Copy Share Image
I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction, this… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
For a fiction writer, a storyteller, the world is full of stories, and when a story is there, it's there, and you… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
A bad short story or novel or poem leaves one comparatively calm because it does not exist, unless it gets a fake… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
I'm fond of science fiction. But not all science fiction. I like science fiction where there's a scientific lesson, for example -… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Historical fiction of course is particularly research-heavy. The details of everyday life are there to trip you up. Things that we take… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“Those of us who believe in princesses are often laughed at. But I believe the world needs princesses and dukes and queens… — Beverly Bartlett Copy Share Image
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
I'm always in the kitchen, cooking and experimenting - I love it. And every now and then I think, 'I should write… — Kiran Desai Copy Share Image
I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Fiction and poetry are the only way one can stop time and give an account of an experience and nail it down… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
“Every minute I decide not to kill you is a minute your life is saved. You owe me everything.” — Christina L. Barr Copy Share Image
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful. — Jeri Ryan Copy Share Image
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
The movies have never been a big deal to me. The movies are the movies. They just make them. If they're good,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Fiction is a sort of inter-human magic, allowing you to travel into a scene and feel it tingle on your skin. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
To me, stretching the capabilities of my imagination is a crucial aspect of writing fiction; you could think of it as a… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction. — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
Fiction just has a lot more room for ambivalence and internal conflict, contradiction, and for me that sums up so much of… — Amy Waldman Copy Share Image
Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C… — Neal Asher Copy Share Image
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“We live in a society that doesn’t offer any support or appreciation for ventures that aren’t clearly articulated and aligned for a… — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
