At least for me, it takes more knowledge to write fiction than nonfiction. At least about someplace that I begin with a… — William T. Vollmann Copy Share Image
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“You've got the wrong girl." "On the contrary..." the voice murmured, "I've got exactly the girl I want." Her body turned to… — Richie Tankersley Cusick Copy Share Image
For after my marriage I had made various attempts to write fiction. They were clearly failures. — Mary Augusta Ward Copy Share Image
Before the Internet, before BBSes and Fidonet and Usenet and LiveJournal and blogs and Facebook and Twitter, before the World Wide Web… — Patrick Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
The best part of the fiction in many novels is the notice that the characters are purely imaginary. — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
“Just because I wasn’t human, didn’t mean I could discount human life. (Eric)” — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of… — Joshua Foer Copy Share Image
“Valerik spit to one side. "We laugh at religion's brand of love, forms and rules that keep the poor feeding from the… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
Fiction writing is a twenty-four-hou r-a-day occupation. You never leave your work behind. It is always with you, and to some extent,… — Terry Brooks Copy Share Image
I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Considering that "literary fiction" is a sub-genre that's not quite the same as "literature," either, it follows that the short, semi-humorous bits… — Lee Klein Copy Share Image
I read secular fiction, but also enjoy novels with a Christian worldview. — Randy Alcorn Copy Share Image
There are plenty of characters of color in fantasy and science fiction. But when you ask the question, "How many of them… — Stephen H. Segal Copy Share Image
“When it comes to who will like your writing; the ones who will like it will like it because they can relate… — Beverly S. Harless Copy Share Image
The reader can't take much for granted in a fiction where the scenery can eat the characters. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I like working closely with artists. I think that's very important in fantasy and science fiction - the visual aspect of the… — Margaret Weis Copy Share Image
God, in the orthodox view, causes famine, plague, and flood. Was God evil? Evil is a convenient fiction. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
