Novels, except as aids to masturbation, play no part in contemporary life. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My book group has one rule: no books for adults. We read young adult fiction only. — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He’d used the amulet to read my thoughts again. I pictured smacking him in the face.” — Priya Ardis Copy Share Image
Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that's what a lot of them think science fiction is. — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
If life's lessons could be reduced to single sentences, ther would be no need for fiction. — Scott Turow Copy Share Image
I collect and read as many books about music and film as I do fiction. — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters. — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
Most contemporary fiction sucks. It's intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It's cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really… — Dale Peck Copy Share Image
When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I married my wife and she brought these two amazing kids into my life, and we were realizing, God there's nothing out… — Jeff Probst Copy Share Image
“We're in a strange relationship with our fiction, you see. Sometimes we fear it's taking us over, sometimes we beg to be… — Warren Ellis Planetary Vol. 2 The Fourth Man Copy Share Image
“I refuse to live in a constant fighting match, Landon. It will not do!' 'And I’ve tried living without you, and it… — J.L. Sheppard Copy Share Image
Medicine, you see, is my first love; whether I write fiction or nonfiction, and even when it has nothing to do with… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd.… — Jonathan Carroll Copy Share Image
I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
People seem to read so much more nonfiction than fiction, and so it always gives me great pleasure to introduce a friend… — Chris Bohjalian Copy Share Image
There's a moment in Sarah Manguso's The Guardians when she writes, "I try not to make anything up, and I fail every… — Jill Talbot Copy Share Image
The future is just your hope, expectation. And when this life is not fulfilling you start looking further, beyond death. All these… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when… — Gary Kemp Copy Share Image
When I say that I can write nothing but weird fiction, I am not trying to exalt that medium but am merely… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
“I think the distinction between fiction and nonfiction is less about “Did it really happen or was it made up?” than it… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
“As in the universe every atom has an effect, however minuscule, on every other atom, so that to pinch the fabric of… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“Not that length and weight alone indicate excellence; many epic tales are pretty much epic crap.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
