Once in a while - perhaps every 10 years, or even every generation - a novel appears that profoundly questions the way… — Tash Aw Copy Share Image
“It is the case that, albeit to a lesser extent, all fictions make their readers live "the impossible", taking them out of… — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“He was there below me, and, upon my word, to look at him was as edifying as seeing a dog in a… — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
I want to do something like 'Stranger than Fiction,' like a Native version of 'Stranger than Fiction.' That's one that comes to… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
Recreating the experience of, say, bereavement in my own head is pretty rough. I was used to switching off from emotions every… — Karen Traviss 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
“American houses...' she said, peering over her right shoulder and down the street. 'They always seem to believe that nobody ever loses… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
I was glad my father was an eye-smiler. It meant he never gave me a fake smile because it's impossible to make… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
There are, of course, fat characters in books out there, some of them quite enduring and famous. But they tend to be… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
“Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my… — Amaya Ellman Copy Share Image
With fiction, you can talk about plot, character and narrative, whereas a poem brings home the fact that everything that happens in… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
“Xavier was like some sort of sex drug that numbed my mind and clouded it. He made me stupid.” — Kathey Gray Copy Share Image
I think I'm out of crime fiction now, and I think the dividing line is American Tabloid. — James Ellroy Copy Share Image
I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting. — N. K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
Some trans people thought that in claiming that gender is performative that I was saying that it is all a fiction, and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
“The beer gave Penn a headache immediately; she blinked like a mermaid struck by sunshine.” — Genie Frisbee Copy Share Image
Mark Helprin and Lawrence Durrell, both of whom write fat and florid novels that appall me now but opened my eyes to… — Kevin Patterson 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
“Sure, Bob Dylan had some good songs. But he could have been a doctor.” — R.S. Gompertz Copy Share Image
There’s always been a need for horror fiction, though - ghost stories have been a staple of every human society since the… — Bentley Little Copy Share Image
“A powerfully imagined event can evoke the same emotions as a real event. Few artists would contradict this, and yet there no… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“Although this man spoke pure fluent ghetto, she liked his spirit. She could tell he was attracted to her, and that he… — Brandi L. Bates Copy Share Image
Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to… — Jennifer Armintrout Copy Share Image
