“The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.” — Max Nowaz Copy Share Image
I'm reasonably good at talking onstage, but actually holding court in a pub is all to do with power dynamics which I… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“You look within and upon and around me, savoring every inch. You pull my ear for no reason, and I can tell… — Virginia Petrucci Copy Share Image
I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
I think I can safely call 2012 average. Overall, it was a stronger year for nonfiction than fiction - a situation that… — David Edelstein Copy Share Image
Friends and family do not believe you write fiction. They truly believe that every word you write is either autobiographical or based… — Liane Moriarty Copy Share Image
“You want this thing, this dragonsoul, for sentimental purposes. Because you can't let go of the glory days, or you long for… — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
'Watchmen' is not only the greatest comic ever written, it's a really important work of fiction. — Gerard Way Copy Share Image
The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“But Addie knows too well now, knows that these stories are full of foolish humans doing foolish things, warning tales of gods… — V.E. Schwab Copy Share Image
“Running her fingers on the scales, she sighs. “I wonder what its like to be a human?” “Why won’t you just go… — Khalia Hades Copy Share Image
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“There was something wild beneath the surface that his suit couldn't hide. He had the cocky arrogance of a man who broke… — Sarah Castille Copy Share Image
News is almost more interesting to me than other people's fiction, if that makes sense. But other people's fiction in terms of… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
People love gossip because it's slightly removed from actuality. It's a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it… — Lorrie Moore Copy Share Image
It's probably a form of childish curiosity that keeps me going as a fiction writer. I ... want to open everybody's bureau… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I love smart commercial fiction. Susan Isaacs, for example and the readers who interest me are, in the preponderance, women. I am… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Once you step inside, history has to be rewritten to include you. A fiction develops a story that weaves you into the… — Camilla Gibb Copy Share Image
Historical fiction is simply fiction set in the past, and should be judged as such. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“As a reader you recognise that feeling when you're lost in a book? You know the one - when whatever's going on… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
