“It seemed to us that the fantastic can be, can do, so much more than its detractors assume: it can illuminate the… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Well, I'm at some kind of crossroads in my life and I don't know which way to take. It's not about money,… — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“[Referring to passage by Alice Munro] Finally, the passage contradicts a form of bad advice often given young writers -- namely, that… — Francine Prose Copy Share Image
“These stories are my weapon. If I can write a book that grips someone by the heart and then opens their eyes… — Eric N. Bentley Copy Share Image
Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the… — Derek R. Audette Copy Share Image
You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality.… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside,… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Writers of historical fiction are not under the same obligation as historians to find evidence for the statements they make. For us… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
No one can write a best-seller by taking thought. The slightest touch of insincerity blurs its appeal. The writer who keeps his… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati. — China Mieville Copy Share Image
“She knows he is there now, hedgehogged in terror. Like someone whose arm has been amputated, so, since they cut the umbilical… — Corinna Hasofferett Copy Share Image
I got to spend all of my time every day at work reading and editing papers about cutting-edge technical research and getting… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
“...it’s my job to lead you to success, and, if you fail, it’s because I failed, not you.’” (Spoken by Bracke, told… — Shannon A. Thompson Copy Share Image
“Sharon, you have bewitched me, body and soul. I don't wish to be parted from you, from this day forward.” — Lynda Colucci Copy Share Image
“The simplicity of youth is mesmerizing to me. Maybe because I didn't know it long enough." London Drake "They All fall down” — Nick Moccia Copy Share Image
“Help me out,” I pleaded. “You’ve left me alone to deal with this situation, and now we’re being dealt the consequences.” I… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I've never been much for self-revelation. In two decades of public life, I always approached the limelight with extreme caution. Not that… — James McGreevey Copy Share Image
I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't… — Ethan Canin Copy Share Image
I was very clear that when I do a fiction show the content has to be very unique. — Amrita Rao Copy Share Image
I think the 'New York Times' reviews overall tend to overlook popular fiction, whether you're a man, woman, white, black, purple or… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
So much of what I am doing in my fiction is just trying to get into interesting places in terms of language… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
“It doesn't take a wizard to figure out the last thing a girl should do is go running hundreds of miles away… — Lisa Patton Copy Share Image
The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction. — William Trevor Copy Share Image
Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't write non-fiction because I get bored. Some of my writing is autobiographical, but not the way readers imagine. I use… — Sefi Atta Copy Share Image
Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
[Horror fiction] shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos… — Clive Barker Copy Share Image
The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things… — Jim Woodring Copy Share Image
Finally, in my early 30s, I started writing fiction for the first time as an adult. That felt so scary, and I… — Julia Glass Copy Share Image
I think it is our job, as writers, to be epic. Epic and tiny at the same time. If you're going to… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
“At that moment, I had apparently signed a contract in blood. We all know the power of spoken words; well, they are… — Mariia Manko Copy Share Image
“It is not so much as to say that something has occured; but to describe the very essence of the occurance. One… — Jason W. Blair Copy Share Image
There's a science fiction project we really want to make, but it's very expensive. Hopefully it will happen. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Murder, gambling, and beating up women doesn't illicit my sympathy, no matter what kind of language you dress it in.” — Albert Waitt Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel. It's called 'The Middlesteins.' It's fiction. It's not a memoir. I'm not a spokesperson. — Jami Attenberg Copy Share Image
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