There's not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there. — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“To write you dreams of fantasy, is to create fantasy in another's dreams.” — Rob Shepherd Copy Share Image
Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Just because you are a character doesn't mean you have character. — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I read the newspapers avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction. — Aneurin Bevan Copy Share Image
Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now. — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“I'm a minicamp body in 102-degree heat getting screamed at by the only other man my size: a middle-aged receivers coach they… — Christopher Harris Copy Share Image
And theories are no more than fictions which help us to make sense of experience and which are subject to disconfirmation when… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
I'm not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
“Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn.… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“He may be stronger, but I'm not defenseless. He knows that, of coarse. That's why he's here. He wants me for what… — Sophie Jordan Copy Share Image
I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are… — Kathy Acker Copy Share Image
I always say that writing non-fiction versus writing fiction is a bit like architecture versus abstract painting. — Andrew Lam Copy Share Image
I grew up in a home where animals were ever-present and often dominated our lives. There were always horses, dogs, and cats,… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
Honestly, when you start talking about genres, you're talking as much about the business side of writing as anything else. Certainly there… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“In the illusion of delusion, between madness and lawlessness I exist. I dream about dreams, about illusions and disillusions and cold and… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit.… — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
“Fiction had never been Jackson's thing. Facts seemed challenging enough without making stuff up. What he discovered was that the great novels… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I would love to see what's going to happen with science fiction with peoples' heads, because we still have people running around… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
Fiction doesn't appeal to me because it can describe physical appearances exhaustively or because it can offer access to the inner depths… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
