I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are. — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? — M.I.A Copy Share Image
If I couldn't be a fiction writer, I would be a roller coaster designer for theme parks — Mike Wells Copy Share Image
“There was a feeling on the air like the eve of the end of the world...” — Billie-Jo Williams Copy Share Image
Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The general public still thinks that science fiction has nothing to do with their day-to-day lives. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“If I read this right, Gunther had not come to offer me congratulations. I will not give him the satisfaction of thinking… — Tricia Copeland Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“We blended and look to what it has brought us. I planted lilies on your grave. The rain is already splattering them… — Carmen Dominique Taxer Copy Share Image
“The four of us stood in silence as we watched the surrounding girls play games or gossip. It was almost as if… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment, but thats not reality, its just another aesthetic form of fiction. — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how… — J. Courtney Sullivan Copy Share Image
Memoirs have dominated the literary scene now for ten or 20 or even 30 years: most of them seem to use the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
Non-fiction is a big responsibility. Rationality. Facts. The urgent need to reflect some small aspect of reality. But fiction is a private… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that?… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
“Quinn froze. There was nothing he could do now that would not be a mistake. Whatever choice he made--and he had to… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“I came to the party with the sole purpose of getting completely shit-faced, to be perfectly honest. That was it, that was… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“My mortgage isn’t getting any cheaper and I can’t run that Ferrari on faith alone," Reverend Jones said. "Don’t get me wrong,… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
“Halfway to the house Stan stopped and turned to Jane. He put his hands on her shoulders and drew her toward him.… — Beverly Cleary Copy Share Image
For if there were a list of cosmic things that unite us, reader and writer, visible as it scrolled up into the… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image