I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things. — David Hanson Copy Share Image
I can remember when 'Pulp Fiction' came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had. — Mary Elizabeth Winstead Copy Share Image
And the great appeal of horror fiction through the ages is that it serves as a rehearsal for our own deaths. — Steven King Copy Share Image
“The job of a fiction writer is to engage the reader and rip them from reality.” — Tom Wiseman Copy Share Image
Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today. — Herman Wouk Copy Share Image
“Shocked my old friend from China, Deja Vu, when I turned up at his door without notice.” — Nikhil Sharda Copy Share Image
Ultimately, in my mind, that's what I'm trying to do with my fiction; I'm trying to transport my reader into a different… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation. — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
“Few humans see fairies or hear their music, but many find fairy rings of dark grass, scattered with toadstools, left by their… — Judy Allen Copy Share Image
“You live on love crumbs. A nibble drops, you gobble up the morsel. The crumb sustains you until he gives you another.… — Jennifer Irwin Copy Share Image
Anyone who says, 'Books don't change anything,' or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social… — Andrew Vachss Copy Share Image
I always say writing fiction isn't something you teach. It's something you do, and only experimentation - i.e. doing it, either badly… — Peter Orner Copy Share Image
I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same… — Stanley Schmidt Copy Share Image
To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and… — Thomas A. Edison Copy Share Image
I had - and continued to have - great fun exploring the Revelation Space universe, but it was always clear to me… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“You'll have to learn to forgive," he said. "For if you don't, you know what will happen?" "What, Doctor?" I croaked, for… — Patrick McCabe Copy Share Image
“You spill a lot of beans in historical fiction. Crime fiction is about spilling no beans at all. You spill the least… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
I don't expect Christians to see God as a metaphor, but that's what he is. Perhaps it might be clearer to call… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I like science fiction and physics, things like that. Planets being sucked into black holes, and the various vortexes that create possibility,… — Wesley Snipes Copy Share Image
Corporations are legal fictions created by the State to shield executives from liability… It’s like if I had a little hand-puppet, and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image