“I liked reading biographies of writers, even if (as was the case with Monsieur Rabelais)I'd never read any of their actual writing.… — John Green Copy Share Image
That's part of fiction, creating a world better than the one you live in. — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
To think that humans evolved from lower species BUT the evolutionary process somehow came to a halt and we all arrived at… — Jim Goad Copy Share Image
There are certain kinds of people who write science fiction. I think a lot of us married late. A lot of us… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I don't want to write poems that are just really clear about how I'm aware of all the traps involved in writing… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
I find it only natural for a storyteller to be interested in storytelling and, for anyone who spends the better part of… — Norman Lock Copy Share Image
“Sunny, a silver boy of nine, daydreams of rescuing two princesses: “The princesses’ savior was a gallant knight. No! A prince! The… — Andri E. Elia Copy Share Image
Metaphysics attempts to discover the ultimate nature of reality, and in this sense, the innerspace of science fiction is metaphysical fiction. — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
It's a guilty secret of a lot of writers, as you get older you don't read as much fiction as you used… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“Why did you leave? Am I not good enough? Where did you go? When did it happen? ..Who are you?” — Ade Santi Copy Share Image
without fiction, either life would be insufficient or the winds from the north would blow too cold. — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
I was raised to believe that religion is a beautiful thing, but it's fiction. — Winona Ryder Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, I was a big science fiction fan, but current horror books were harder to get your hands… — John Darnielle Copy Share Image
“There are some wounds unreachable by words, some sins immune to apology.” — Amy Hatvany Copy Share Image
I'm not a representative of Pakistan; I'm just an example that Pakistanis are different from each other. I believe it in my… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
“I know he says it’s a mind upload problem,” said Aideen. “But we won’t know that for sure until we get there.… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
One of the best known, and one of the least intelligible, facts of literary history is the lateness, in Western European Literature… — George Saintsbury Copy Share Image
Fiction offers escape but it also interrogates the world we live in, whether the past, present or future. — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be an editor. I never wanted to be a boss. I just wanted to write, and it didn't… — Frank Deford Copy Share Image
“Sully's, on South Prospect, was the quintessential biker-bar, complete with hefty, leather-clad Harley worshippers, and stringy-haired heroin-addicted women who made the rounds… — Kelli Jae Baeli Copy Share Image
“Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
