I think action movies on the whole have moved more and more into large spectacle, even leaving out super hero movies that… — Walter Hill Copy Share Image
“A celestial wizard doesn’t destroy celestial bodies. She bends them.” — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
“Across his forehead was stamped the word WORTHLESS. How ironic. Exactly what someone might find stamped on his own forehead if they… — James L. Rubart Copy Share Image
To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life… — Chaim Potok Copy Share Image
Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into… — Lauren Beukes Copy Share Image
It's better to read first rate science fiction than second rate science-it's a lot more fun, and no more likely to be… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
The thing is that my first novel, which was basically a mystery adventure story, won quite an important award in Spain for… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
In fiction, I tend to write fairly realistic dialogue-not always, and it tends to vary from book to book. But in many… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
. . . in America, we have achieved the Orwellian prediction - enslaved, the people have been programmed to love their bondage… — Gerry Spence Copy Share Image
I am consumed, or I have been consumed, with these issues of motherhood and the way we act out societal expectations and… — Ayelet Waldman Copy Share Image
Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists.… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
The only people who live in a post-black world are four people who live in a little white house on Pennsylvania Avenue.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
“Ready yourselves!' Mullone heard himself say, which was strange, he thought, for he knew his men were prepared. A great cry came… — David Cook Copy Share Image
Comic books were telling me what life was about. This was how I kind of entered life, through fiction. — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
Rod Clark has one of the most unique voices I have ever encountered. I still quote some of his political insights years… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount. — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
Because they are so humbled by their creations, engineers are naturally conservative in their expectations of technology. They know that the perfect… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
“To many battles are the fictional skirmishes of an unoccupied mind.” — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“I tapped around on my new Miracle Phone—a gift from Joseph—as I listened to the discussion about our next move. I wasn’t… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image