“You are not the first person to come here, and you will most likely not be the last. Many souls have arrived… — Rebecca Harlem Copy Share Image
In pulp fiction it is a rigid convention that the hero's shoulders and the heroine's balcon constantly threaten to burst their bonds,… — S. J. Perelman Copy Share Image
When I heard the word ''stream'' uttered with such a revolting primness, what I think of is urine and not the contemporary… — James Joyce Copy Share Image
The DC Universe has the best villains in fiction, right? I don't think there's any group of villains collectively or anywhere else… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
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Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they… — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
For me in my twenties, working in Hollywood was confusing in that the differences between what was fiction and what was nonfiction… — John Van Hamersveld Copy Share Image
“Good writing should help us see the world in new ways, it should crack open our generosity towards each other. That's what… — Patrick Hicks Copy Share Image
“I’m always thrilled,” wrote Alan Cheuse, emphasizing the novelty and, perhaps, the faint air of slumming that attends the notion of McCarthy’s… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
These novels [Zombie, My Sister, My Love] are so special to me. [I don't expect that they will have nearly the same… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
Ashton Ford will come as something of a surprise to those of you who have been with me over the years. This… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
I don't ever think about the utility of fiction. I don't believe in it or certainly don't require anybody to consider it.… — Francisco Goldman Copy Share Image
“You, my reader, who see me close, wonder about my heartbeats and measure my words, you my close friend who know my… — Soar Soaring-Words.com Copy Share Image
I kind of dislike 'For Whom the Bell Tolls,' but most of Hemingway in general, mainly because his stylistic shenanigans ruined so… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I think that's what I really dig about science fiction these days - we've caught up to it in a way. It's… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
“Life is a cracked surface at best. Fiction is a nice edifice. / every word/sentence/paragraph gives a writer an opportunity to reinforce… — K. J. Bishop Copy Share Image
I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
The big thing is it's a domestic drama. Everything else in science fiction tends to be high-concept. Really for the last 40… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
Because the character is a fiction, he's a composite of other contributors to the science that brought this enzyme therapy through the… — Harrison Ford Copy Share Image
I'm snobby about books that aren't crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there's no mystery emerging in the… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
In a way, I see my fiction as having moved in that direction - and the characters as dealing simultaneously with their… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I find it interesting that people often seem to believe that authors of realistic fiction are directly translating their personal experiences into… — Malinda Lo Copy Share Image
How could you possibly call something science fiction at this point unless it has to do with something that hasn't been done?… — El-P Copy Share Image
“There was no control except the " mood of his power... and it is for this reason it is good you never… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
He's lived a fiction. And, of course, he thinks that if you love someone enough, they will love you. And that if… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
“How easily such a thing can become a mania, how the most normal and sensible of women once this passion to be… — Kathryn Hurn Copy Share Image
Every story would be another story, and unrecognizable if it took up its characters and plot and happened somewhere else ... Fiction… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I would love to take control of the entire universe and for five years you give every movie the same widespread distribution… — Kenneth Lonergan Copy Share Image
...You believe that the kind of story you want to tell might be best received by the science fiction and fantasy audience.… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
Since the show [Helix] is based in real science, there are real-life epidemic scares out there, throughout history, where there are these… — Kyra Zagorsky Copy Share Image
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“The woman turns away; one wing blackens like an onyx gem while the other glows white like a bright spotlight. She flies… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
And then I met Jerry and he's such a creative fiction writer, and I don't know if there's ever been a team… — Tim LaHaye Copy Share Image
“The calming presence of the forest merged with the beating hearts of the human beings, each of whom was emanating the same… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“An ear-splitting screech pierced the silence, followed by another, striking his ears like metal against a hollow bell. The woosh woosh of… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I've always been interested in the form itself, so I always feel like I've never been good at going ahead with the… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
“Here’s what happens when a single mom meets New York City’s hottest fireman… “Then…seductively…as if he received instruction not from the FDNY’s… — Isabella Johns Copy Share Image
All fiction, if it's successful, is going to appeal to the emotions. Emotion is really what fiction is all about. That's not… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“You’re as plain as the nose on your face,” said Mr. Pennyworth. “And your nose is remarkably obvious. As is the rest… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
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