I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. — Kate Mosse Copy Share Image
Arnošt Lustig is one of the leading contemporary Czech fiction writers, and certainly the most important Jewish writer of Bohemia to have… — Josef Skvorecky Copy Share Image
“He had to die someday too. He might do it on sheets with a six-hundred-plus thread count, but he'd die just the… — John H. Matthews Copy Share Image
“Ayla loved these moments of solitude. Basking in the sun, feeling relaxed and content, she thought about nothing in particular, except the… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
People say I talk slowly. I talk in a way sometimes called laconic. The phone rings, I answer, and people ask if… — Dave Eggers Copy Share Image
The president already has a Nobel Prize for peace. I think he's shooting for one in fiction. — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
F.R. Leavis's "eat up your broccoli" approach to fiction emphasises this junkfood/wholefood dichotomy. If reading a novel--for theeighteenth century reader, the most… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you're going to… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction… — Jonathan Demme Copy Share Image
“I know what you’re doing,” he whispered to Raphael, whose movements only became more fervent, and the thought slipped from the boy’s… — Carmen Dominique Taxer Copy Share Image
Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as… — Claire Tomalin Copy Share Image
I could talk more directly in a nonfiction voice than I could in fiction. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Juliet and Romeo Awake the scene, a twilight chamber’d dream, Two angels both alike in dignity: One imaged misadventure on the screen;… — Tiger Lewis Copy Share Image
It's experiences in life that give us something to write about, and since good fiction is applied tension, you'll have an arsenal… — Wendelin Van Draanen Copy Share Image
Fiction seems to be more effective at changing beliefs than nonfiction, which is designed to persuade through argument and evidence. Studies show… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
“While what I write is always largely consistent with the records that remain I freely admit that where historical fact proves a… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
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