The Republicans here in Concord and down in Washington D.C. would have us believe that the War on Women is a phony… — Ann McLane Kuster Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to… — Denis Johnson Copy Share Image
I think any period in history can be adapted into interesting fiction, as long as you approach the actual history with respect. — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction. — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
I don't really see science fiction as fiction. I can imagine colonies on Mars and everything. — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
“They were going to expel me. Mom convinced them not to... and got them to apologize," Fern said, almost embarrassed. Really?" Eddie… — Jennifer Anne Kogler Copy Share Image
The crime fiction genre offers the writer infinite diversity of theme and treatment. — Stanley Ellin Copy Share Image
Happily ever after?" "If justice doesn't triumph and love doesn't make the circle in entertainment fiction, what's the point? Real life sucks… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Noriega wound up like a baseball pitcher on top of the bed and hurled the small gun, but was low and outside… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
With a historical novel you know that liberties are being taken. Since Walter Scott, we know that poetic license, dramatic license, that… — Nicholas Meyer Copy Share Image
It's the fantasy of first love. If you've been married for 400 years, as I have, it's nice to experience first love… — E. L. James Copy Share Image
“The early women rise before I do. Their lamps splinter the gloom of the kitchens. They chatter in whispers as they brew… — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or… — Peter Temple Copy Share Image
I spend most of my time reading non-fiction of all sorts. Then poetry. Then fiction to blurb. Then fiction I want to… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
Something like 'Alien,' that was not so easy. If there's any genre I wouldn't mind not having to do anymore, it would… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
“Then he was there, turned half toward her with a guarded expression etched across his face. She didn't stop or even slow… — Aprilynne Pike Copy Share Image
“High in the hazy sky, the snowfkakes looked tiny and all alike, but as they drifted past the narrow window of the… — Ursula Hegi Copy Share Image
“It’s complicated,” I said in defense, hands going up to show surrender. “Talk slowly,” Jenna retorted derisively. “Okay, I deserved that,” I… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“I knew that feeling, the sense of panic that stretched time, turning seconds into years, and the deep pain that came from… — Lissa Price Copy Share Image
If there were a better, clearer, shorter way of saying what the fiction says, then why not scrap the fiction? — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
'Pulp Fiction' is an amazing film, and I haven't made one nearly as good. — Martin McDonagh Copy Share Image
The idea of a flip book still really appeals to me. That idea of fiction and non-fiction. — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I don't teach literature from my perspective as 'Joyce Carol Oates.' I try to teach fiction from the perspective of each writer.… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
I see God now as an unimaginative writer of popular fictions, someone who builds stories around sadistic and graceless plots, narratives that… — Joe Hill Copy Share Image
“As a fiction writer I am not always sure where reality ends and non reality begins, when sane thoughts become less than… — Kathryn Mattingly Copy Share Image
There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them. — David Morrell 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
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior,… — John Waters Copy Share Image
In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature -… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
Somebody once said to me if you want to be understood,don't write fiction. — Mary Gaitskill Copy Share Image
