Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book… — Janet Morris Copy Share Image
In fear we are acting on fiction and in love we are acting on truth — Richard Gerber Copy Share Image
Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are… — T Cooper Copy Share Image
It's a scary thing for fiction writers, when you're always writing from the point of view both as and for someone who… — Alice Mattison Copy Share Image
I quit my job just to quit. I didn't quit my job to write fiction. I just didn't want to work anymore. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
I would write light entertainment nonfiction pieces during the day, then come home and work on my fantasy fiction. It was very… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I was 12. Our ,teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn't very interesting. I began to make… — John Burnham Schwartz Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of hanging around when you're doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I don't think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people… — Tananarive Due Copy Share Image
One thing I like about historical fiction is that I'm not constantly focusing on me, or people like me; you're obliged to… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
“Ah yes, now you’re beginning to feel it. It’s so satisfying to see my best efforts coming to fruition. Undoubtedly one of… — Jaye Frances Copy Share Image
A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives. — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
“His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone had thrown him… — Tekoa Manning Copy Share Image
“Everything is inspiration. If you look at the world as the incredible place it is, then each moment is a feast.” — J.D. Means Copy Share Image
“You already know what the machine will write on your arm. That lie you’ve been telling yourself—you know what it is. That… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
While novels are fiction, mine are usually very close to my heart. Like my other books, 'The Lemon Orchard' is inspired by… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
I think a colony in space will take much longer than sci fiction writers think. It costs $10,000 to put a pound… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Journeys become very good metaphors. They always have the character put into circumstances that reveal him. If I had based my characters… — Karan Bajaj Copy Share Image
Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level. — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“You're not safe with me." He cut me off, seeming to growl. "I don't want to be safe. I want to be… — S.G. Holster Copy Share Image
Every Friday, my dad would rent three videos. Me and my brother would ask for something with guns or fighting, but my… — Christian Cooke Copy Share Image
I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions. — Sharon Creech Copy Share Image
“The fictitious kleptomaniac's only crime was stealing imaginations” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
“My whore of a brother has done it again." "Then, as always, orders me to clean up the mess." "I think I… — Yelle Hughes Copy Share Image
What I perceive in science fiction is that it's more about how everything looks than what's going on, which I think is… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into… — Laura Lippman Copy Share Image
This is my one beef with Hollywood: It's great for movie sales, but they've created this fiction for us that, when you… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
I have always felt cookbooks were fiction and the most beautiful words in the English language were 'room service. — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal.… — Mary Alice Monroe Copy Share Image
“All our ancient history, as one of our wits remarked, is no more than accepted fiction.” — Voltaire Copy Share Image
If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
