All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
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The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451. It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
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The type of mind that can understand good fiction is not necessarily the educated mind, but it is at all times the… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like… — Paul Kane Copy Share Image
I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“Exactly. When is comes to anything halfway important, you just don't get it. It's amazing to me that you can put a… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
For every reader and writer of steampunk fiction, there are probably hundreds or thousands of other activists who gleefully embrace some non-written… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
I'm a believer in using whatever works for fiction, but mostly, that's not life. — Mona Simpson Copy Share Image
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That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
I like writing for movies. It's nice to be alone working on fiction in your room, and then it's nice to be… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
I think what people really want is fiction that in some tiny way makes their life more meaningful and makes the world… — Wells Tower Copy Share Image
You can, in short, lead the life of the mind, which is, despite some appalling frustrations, the happiest life on earth. And… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Every photo is almost a fiction or a dream. If it's really good, it's another form of life. — Sylvia Plachy Copy Share Image
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“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” — Harry Truman Copy Share Image
Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
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What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
Murderer who lives in my building. His name is Dan Bevacqua. Hes a fiction writer. — Arda Collins Copy Share Image
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Ninety percent of SF [science fiction] is crud, but then, ninety percent of everything is crud. — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
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It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The morning was brisk and the coffee was hot and roasted with little gurgles in the room. Rosie hadn’t moved, but she… — Ruth McLeod-Kearns Copy Share Image
“No,” I said. “I can’t remember doing this.” “Oh,” Rena made and gestured dramatically. “You don’t remember it. And that automatically means… — Lili Frings Copy Share Image
I do tend to look at my books in many ways as conceptual fiction, even to the point where I think the… — Bret Easton Ellis Copy Share Image
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
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