Putin himself is a character out of fiction, an uber-macho former Soviet thug running a massive, expansionist kleptocracy. The man stages photographs… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
Herein find fiction full of whimsy, wit, hurt, and terror. Wicked, as in wickedly funny, is in the mix, too, along with… — Christine Schutt Copy Share Image
Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
“You: Are you okay? How could I answer that truthfully? ‘I’m not really okay and I think I might be better if… — L.A. Kuehlke Copy Share Image
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
I don't write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
It is a work of psychogeography, albeit in a less explicit sense than Iain Sinclair's or Will Self's. It had to be… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“Now she has power and passion and the struggle has significance for me-let the momentary consequences be what they may. Suppose that… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
So, the kind of precious memories about being black for my generation won't exist for my kids' and grandkids' generations unless we… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by… — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
Captain Crawford didn't like the idea of any kind of murder, but he went at it patiently and honestly and with none… — Leslie Ford Copy Share Image
A happy ending was imperative. I shouldn't have bothered to write otherwise. I was determined that in fiction anyway two men should… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As the days piled up into weeks, and the weeks turned into months, and fall slid into winter, I realized one of… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“The love that we feel for each other is not about the worldly things, those materialistic possessions, or great looks either. It’s… — Ankita Chadha Copy Share Image
I believe that if it were possible to scrap the whole of existing literature, all writers would find themselves inevitably producing something… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Anne has small superstitions which she uses to dispel anxieties. For instance, if she can make it to the fourth stain on… — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
So much of what I am doing in my fiction is just trying to get into interesting places in terms of language… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
The basic problem is not political, it is apolitical and human. One of the most important things to do is to keep… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
One should not wrongly reify 'cause' and 'effect,' as the natural scientists do (and whoever, like them, now 'naturalizes' in his thinking),… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The writer is often faced with two choices--turn away from the reality of life's intimidating complexity or conquer its mystery by battling… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction.… — Peter David Copy Share Image
A program of "disarmament," while imperialist antagonisms survive, is the most pernicious of fictions. Even if it were realized by way of… — Leon Trotsky Copy Share Image
“I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't think fake people living in a fake house in a fake suburb are any less dismissible or believable than a… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
“The power of fiction is that it gives us, as readers, the opportunity to move inside another human being, to look out… — Marion Dane Bauer Copy Share Image
I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people… — Marc Jacobs Copy Share Image
The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make because there are so… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I think that the idea of boundaries is being challenged everywhere. And I think our fascination with sci-fi is that it is… — Jake Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
I wish you a wrestling match with your Creative Muse that will last a lifetime. ... I wish craziness and foolishness and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I made the mistake of writing something very, very short about Obama for this website that I write fiction for, and my… — Jesse Eisenberg Copy Share Image
I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters.… — Tahereh Mafi Copy Share Image
For me, movies and television are interesting because they are the dominant storytelling form of our time. My first love will always… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
I'd be surprised if non-fiction writers hate to be interviewed. We all hate them, because there's really nothing to say except "Read… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Witness testimony is always flawed. It's better than circumstantial evidence, sure, but people aren't camcorders; they don't record every action and reaction,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
I think it's just too kinda juicy and compelling to imagine people in their private lives, but then half the time people's… — Jerry Stahl Copy Share Image
By being fictions and, at the same moment, returning their subjects to us with a compelling fidelity, both photographs and poems work… — Tod Papageorge Copy Share Image
One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes… — Joanne Harris Copy Share Image
The movement for women's liberation was about an emotional transformation, an explosion, a feeling all over the country that things must be… — Alix Kates Shulman Copy Share Image
