“Poetry is a tool for writers to create literature in different forms of expression and messages. ” — Vanessa M. Chattman Copy Share Image
First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art. — Clive James Copy Share Image
I love sci-fi, especially when it thrives on a thought-provoking story, rather than explosions. — William Mapother Copy Share Image
“As I pen these words to leave a lasting record, I wonder myself where it all began.” — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
Even as a little kid, I told lots of stories, and I wrote them down, and I loved reading fiction and fantasy. — Sabaa Tahir Copy Share Image
You may not be a fan of Twitter-fiction. That's okay. There are novels out there for you - big ones. — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
What seems real one moment is fiction the next and gone out of existence the moment after that. Nostalgia is the greatest… — David Budbill Copy Share Image
There is no excuse for anyone to write fiction for public consumption unless he has been called to do so by the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
“Can't say I've ever been too fond of beginnings, myself. Messy little things. Give me a good ending anytime. You know where… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Good fiction reveals feeling, refines events, locates importance and, though its methods are as mysterious as they are varied, intensifies the experience… — Vincent Canby Copy Share Image
The purpose of fiction is not to make people seem nice. What makes anyone think people are nice? Look around you! — Elizabeth Strout 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
“It's said that there's three sides to a story: yours, mine, and the truth. Check out God in Wingtip Shoes and The… — Yvonne J. Medley Copy Share Image
My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn't mean they have no nasty side, or… — Julian Fellowes Copy Share Image
When everything does seem out of control, writing fiction is a way I can order that chaos and restore some sort of… — Miriam Toews Copy Share Image
If we're talking about the science fiction or action genres, I've always tried when I could to do them in a way… — Keanu Reeves Copy Share Image
That certainly is one approach to take. My own is to acknowledge the inner child and try to work with my first… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
The popularity of fantasy surpassing science fiction and the popularity of apocalyptic fiction, particularly for young adults, may indicate a desire to… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
“The real measure of 'truth' in any novel is not whether the characters, places and events portrayed exist beyond the pages of… — Graeme Macrae Burnet Copy Share Image
“My mother picked me up in her arms, touching my checks comforting my distress. I stared into her eyes and held her… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
“People think--wrongly--that speculative fiction is about predicting the future, but it isn’t; or if it is, it tends to do a rotten… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“In my life I haven’t done anything worth writing about, but that’s OK. That’s why I write fiction.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
It's doubtful that anyone with an internet connection at his workplace is writing good fiction. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
I instantly chucked my academic ambitions and began writing fiction full-time. — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life” — James N. Frey Copy Share Image
Fiction lags after truth, invention is unfruitful, and imagination cold and barren. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like… — Joy Kogawa Copy Share Image
without fiction, either life would be insufficient or the winds from the north would blow too cold. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
While writing a novel, I don't read anything new in fiction. I am too engrossed. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
She took refuge on the firm ground of fiction, through which indeed there curled the blue river of truth. — Henry James Copy Share Image
Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
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