I tend not to read fiction - I'll read one novel a year during the summer - but I do read a… — David Lammy Copy Share Image
“We can't change the world by shouting, but our words can have meaning if we give them enough respect.” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
“After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.” — Michael Cox Copy Share Image
Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet. — Vinton Cerf Copy Share Image
“My cat mocks me frequently. It's the universe's way of keeping me from getting too big of an ego.” — Michelle M. Pillow Copy Share Image
I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don't think there's a single writer who influences me. — Peter Benchley Copy Share Image
If I had a nickel for every time someone told me apologetically "I don't read fiction," I wouldn't have to write fiction… — Ron Currie Jr Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a novelist from a very early age - 11 or 12 - but I don't think I ever… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
Great sci-fi has never shied from tackling the Big Questions, though really great sci-fi never forgets to entertain us along the way.… — Rick Yancey Copy Share Image
“The new day is almost here, but the old one is still dragging its heavy skirts. Just as ocean water and river… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
“A woman's got one life: She's got to reach out and grab it with both hands, or it'll pass her by and… — Robin Schone Copy Share Image
I like science fiction. I am quite a technologically kind of up-to-date person. I like seeing what the new developments are. — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece.… — Joseph Telushkin Copy Share Image
The United States, democratic and various though it is, is not an easy country for a fiction-writer to enter: the slot between… — John Updike Copy Share Image
The history of a city was like the history of a family—there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“She paused and saw him tense in expectation. He wouldn’t like to hear this, but better from her than one of the… — Michelle O'Leary Copy Share Image
In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were… — Sylvia Brownrigg Copy Share Image
“She smoothes the front of the dress, looking down at her hands, at her bitten fingernails, at her big feet in the… — Laura Harrington Copy Share Image
NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just monsters, but philosophy. Really good science… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“Ridley nodded. 'She told me I couldn't ever tell General Harding or anybody else. Told me I wouldn't be safe.' 'Safe?' Uncle… — Tamera Alexander Copy Share Image
It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
“I wonder, what kind of life would I have had if it hadn’t been for my mother’s tea-and-cookie parties? Perhaps it’s because… — Stephen Vizinczey Copy Share Image
I tend to read more nonfiction, really, because when I'm writing I don't like to read other fiction. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. — Steven Amsterdam Copy Share Image
“Don't forget to wind the restricted clock and put the confidential cat out.” — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I have never suggested any principled difference between the natural and social sciences. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play. — Taiye Selasi Copy Share Image
“The principle that characters do not want to change applies to more than just fiction.” — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
The trouble with fiction," said John Rivers, "is that it makes too much sense. Reality never makes sense. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal. — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
“It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. —Mark Twain” — Oliver Benjamin Copy Share Image
“there are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done” — Evan Meekins Copy Share Image
