“To me, the best, if not the only function of imaginative writing, is to lead the human imagination outward, to take it… — Clark Ashton Smith Copy Share Image
“Don’t do anything harsh, Arrov,” I say. “You’ll kill him!” Callum smirks. “No, he won’t.” “Yes, he will,” Teague says.” — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
“Change was happening and coming quick. You could feel it, itching at you as you waited desperate for movement. You had been… — Sunshine Rodgers Copy Share Image
I wouldn't write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it's a very violent thing… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
“I never meant for you to see that.” “Of course, you wouldn't want me to see that. It's much more difficult to… — Cricket Rohman Copy Share Image
The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with… — Jayne Ann Krentz Copy Share Image
“Oscar always said that books are truly our best friends. He said that they never think poorly of us and that they… — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
“Living is worth the effort if only because without life we could not read or imagine stories.” — Mario Vargas Llosa Copy Share Image
“There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
You can't be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling. — Norman Mailer Copy Share Image
When I was starting out, science fiction was a little genre over there, which only a few people read. But now --… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of science fiction, animation, and things of that nature. Other worlds and that type of stuff. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his… — Joanna Scott Copy Share Image
It's always seemed to me that photography tends to deal with facts whereas film tends to deal with fiction. — Diane Arbus Copy Share Image
Identity politics divides us; fiction connects. One is interested in sweeping generalizations, the other in nuances. One draws boundaries, the other recognizes… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time. — Chad Harbach Copy Share Image
That's the saddest part about fiction shows. If one show works, there would be six other made on similar lines. — Mandira Bedi Copy Share Image
“Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.” — H L Mencken Copy Share Image
I don't want you to write about what you know, because you don't know anything. I don't want to hear about your… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon. — Ron Carlson Copy Share Image
As with Hobbes, we see again, the power of fiction. Rousseau's acount of natural man was no more real than Hobbes's, but… — Benjamin Wiker Copy Share Image
“It doesn’t matter how physically fit or tough you are, if you fail to use natures computer between your ears.” — Gerry Stewart Copy Share Image
“My nation, as all nations, is becoming a land without peace, without thought, without mind, Madam Abbess. We are suffocating our spirits… — Rumer Godden Copy Share Image
There used to be a category called women's fiction - meaning not too rude, not too much sex, a bit domestic and… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Dedicated to helping you create strong, vibrant, and beautiful fiction — David Farland Copy Share Image
