I think fiction can help us find everything. You know, I think that in fiction you can say things and in a… — A.M. Homes Copy Share Image
The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as… — David Gerrold Copy Share Image
A writer can't just be well-educated or good at research; to build a living, breathing world with interesting characters, you have to… — Lynn Flewelling Copy Share Image
In matters of religion a skeptical mind is not a higher manifestation of virtue than is a believing heart, and analytical deconstruction… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
No doubt, there are those who believe that judges-and particularly dissenting judges-write to hear themselves say, as it were, I I I.… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
My writing of fiction comes under a very general heading of those teachers, critics, scholars who like to try their own hand… — George Steiner Copy Share Image
I think people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The entire Internet, as well as the types of devices represented by the desktop computer, the laptop computer, the iPhone, the iPod,… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
The novels I love, the ones I remember, the ones I re-read, have an empathetic human quality, or 'emotional truth'. This quality… — Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Copy Share Image
Every good story needs a complication. We learn this fiction-writing fundamental in courses and workshops, by reading a lot or, most painfully,… — Monica Wood Copy Share Image
Ashton Ford will come as something of a surprise to those of you who have been with me over the years. This… — Don Pendleton Copy Share Image
Crime fiction is the fiction of social history. Societies get the crimes they deserve. — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
We are living in a science-fiction nightmare where children are gasping for breath on bad-air days because somebody gave money to a… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
If you really want you people to innovate, buy a science fiction book, tear off the covers, and tell them it's history. — Nolan Bushnell Copy Share Image
I think readers nowadays are happy to have genres blurred. We're seeing that on screen too: The Pirates of the Caribbean mashes… — Colette Freedman Copy Share Image
“The rolled toile slowly climbed up the bathroom wall. Tearing the chewed gum into pieces, the little green arms and hands secured… — Mary K. Savarese Copy Share Image
If you've read a lot of vintage science fiction, as I have at one time or another in my life, you can't… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
We translated the script together with them. And during the process of translation, they rewrote the scripts. They put a lot into… — Ciro Guerra Copy Share Image
“Our pendants glowed in unison and I understood that they represented us – Siren and human intertwined for eternity.” — Erica Sehyun Song Copy Share Image
Those are the movies that we [with Evan Goldberg] always wanted to make. Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, the kind of movies where… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
However intense my experience, I am conscious of the presence and criticism of a part of me, which, as it were, is… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's… — Phil Keoghan Copy Share Image
There's a time and place for everything, and I believe it’s called 'fan fiction'. — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to be able to prove that there is no God. I equally cannot prove that Satan is a… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
“He had dreamt about a dark-haired foreign boy. This boy held the key to the undoing of their demise. He had carried… — Mary K. Savarese Copy Share Image
I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“If all that one sees is a tiny speck of perspective in the larger scheme of things. And each perspective is made… — Nikhil Sharda Copy Share Image
The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
That's why I have to be a fiction writer, because I can't remember what just happened or where I went last week… — Bonnie Jo Campbell Copy Share Image
“Captain Miller, we know that you are connected with military intelligence, and can obtain classified documents.” — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
“You couldn't wake someone when his own dreams turned out better than reality.” — Danielle Bennett Copy Share Image
The Bible, I've said it before, is a beautifully written work of fiction. — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image