It is untrue that fiction is nonutilitarian. The uses of fiction are synonymous with the uses of literature. They include refreshment, clarification… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
The work reveals the creator - and as our universe in its vastness, its orderliness, its exquisite detail, tells us something of… — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
That's what I always liked about science fiction - you can make the world end. Humour is my multiple warhead delivery system. — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
There’s different ways to be impacted by truth. One is to read the scriptures. Another is to read other works by other… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I have a lot of theories about the beneficial effects of fiction, but I'm always trying to get away from them a… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Historical fiction is a collaboration between the time in which it's written and the time that it's writing about and the far… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
I remember when they started publishing Latino fiction years ago. You had to be really good to get published. Now you don't… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
For me, a kitchen is like science fiction. I only go there to open the refrigerator and take something out. — Ann-Margret Copy Share Image
“The novel remains for me one of the few forms...where we can describe, step by step, minute by minute, our not altogether… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
"The Wolfpack" is a real life clash of life and fiction and the saving power of brotherhood and make-believe. — James Franco Copy Share Image
Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was… — Betty Smith Copy Share Image
Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
The funny thing is that in Bosnia there are no words that are equivalent to fiction and nonfiction. From the storytelling point… — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
The thing about science-fiction fans and "Star Wars" fans is they're very independent-thinking people. They all think outside the box, but they… — George Lucas Copy Share Image
My general approach to writing fiction is that you try to have as few conceptual notions as possible and you just respond… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“I longed to have my mama come to me and sing me a song that settled me down while she rubbed my… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn't an aspiration of mine. — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I'll say, what makes me happy about making movies is, every once in a while through movies we find a kind of… — Shane Black Copy Share Image
“From Olsen's Nation: "Through the power of our diplomacy, a world that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear… — Randy Quarles Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also,… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
