There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. — Elizabeth Moon Copy Share Image
A lot of fiction doesn't answer a question that any reasonable person would ever ask. — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
I want to be Jackie Onassis and have a second act as a fiction editor. I don't think I wanna write. — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Murderer who lives in my building. His name is Dan Bevacqua. Hes a fiction writer. — Arda Collins Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as science fiction, there is only science eventuality. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“If a wizard should take up residence in your garden, and requests food, you are obliged to feed him.” — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought she was so confident and together, but that was really a mask she wore to protect herself. The old adage… — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
Two questions I can't really answer about fiction are 1) where it comes from, and 2) why we need it. But that… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
There are lots of great characters in fiction who viewers and readers have engaged with that behave badly. Great characters can be… — Jesse Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from… — Annie Murphy Paul Copy Share Image
“And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us break… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
We physicists don't like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Anyone telling about his travels must be a liar, . . . for if a traveler doesn't visit his narrative with the… — Paul Fussell Copy Share Image
In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are… — Will Self Copy Share Image
“When you read the account of a murder - or, say, a fiction story based on murder - you usually begin with… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Seduction is an absolute pleasure to read -- clever, suspenseful, exciting, mysterious, learned, and engrossing. Some of the best historical fiction I've… — David Liss Copy Share Image
“What are you doing with all these books?" I asked, stepping towards a tall stack on the floor. I ran my fingers… — Anna Carey Copy Share Image
The fatal flaw of most utopian visions is that they're fundamentally static, and that's not a comfortable place for humans to live.… — Christine Jennings Copy Share Image
My motto is: write about anything you bloody well like; just make sure you do it effectively. We've all had all the… — Suhayl Saadi Copy Share Image
Expand the definition of 'reading' to include non-fiction, humor, graphic novels, magazines, action adventure, and, yes, even websites. It's the pleasure of… — Jon Scieszka Copy Share Image
“You: Are you okay? How could I answer that truthfully? ‘I’m not really okay and I think I might be better if… — L.A. Kuehlke Copy Share Image
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
“(there is no pepper on the table; evidently pepper perks the libido),” — Tom Hillman Copy Share Image
In fiction, if people like one of your books, they tend to pick up your other books as well. — Ravi Subramanian Copy Share Image
A million people can call the mountains a fiction, yet it need not trouble you as you stand atop them. — Randall Munroe Copy Share Image
I feel a terrible loss when I (eventually must) complete a work of fiction. — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“The only things that one can use in fiction are the things that one has ceased to use in fact.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.” — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“There is no right or wrong, only what we believe is more right or more wrong” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. — Vilayanur S. Ramachandran Copy Share Image
“Character in decay is the theme of the great bulk of superior fiction.” — H L Mencken Copy Share Image
Life is not a piece of tragic fiction in which, at the end of the reading, we all get up and go… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
“I was murdered. Even though my heart continued to beat, I was very much deceased. All faded to black” — M.C. Webb Copy Share Image
“Some Marauders do do that, but not the smart ones.” Ivy giggles. “I said, doo-doo.” — S.G. Blaise Copy Share Image
Acting in more science fiction films would be fine by me. I love doing them. — Sarah Douglas Copy Share Image
