--- title: "11 Fiction Reading Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Fiction Reading quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Fiction Reading sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/simon-mawer-23457_books_only-occasionally-do-i-read-new-fiction_1058475.png" --- > [Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-mawer/only-occasionally-do-i-read-new-fiction-most-of-my-reading-is-heavily/) [Simon Mawer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-mawer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/simon-mawer-23457_books_only-occasionally-do-i-read-new-fiction_1058475.png) > [The strength of fiction is not in reading about yourself, but in reading about other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-rachman/the-strength-of-fiction-is-not-in-reading-about-yourself-but-in/) [Tom Rachman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-rachman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de2/tom-rachman-8194_about_the-strength-of-fiction-is-not-in-readin_342678.png) > [Today I continue with my science-fiction reading habit and find it very mind-expanding. Always makes me think.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-bezos/today-i-continue-with-my-science-fiction-reading-habit-and-find-it/) [Jeff Bezos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-bezos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8a/jeff-bezos-1193_continue_today-i-continue-with-my-science-fiction_3157475.jpg) > [A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-banks/a-lot-of-what-the-culture-is-about-is-a-reaction-to-all-the-science/) [Iain Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/iain-banks-3752_culture_a-lot-of-what-the-culture-is-about-is-a_1057924.png) > [Vacation reading is not a new concept. Ever since the 19th century, when novels were considered relatively sinful indulgences, leisure and fiction-reading…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-dean/vacation-reading-is-not-a-new-concept-ever-since-the-19th-century/) [Michelle Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-dean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/michelle-dean-7717_books_vacation-reading-is-not-a-new-concept-ev_1745703.jpg) > [“Certainly, as a reader, I had always discovered the deepest truths in fiction; it was through reading novels that I learned about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-hoffman/certainly-as-a-reader-i-had-always-discovered-the-deepest-truths-in/) [Alice Hoffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-hoffman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b2/alice-hoffman-427_books_certainly-as-a-reader-i-had-always-disco_1630051.png) > [My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-reeve/my-first-encounter-with-science-fiction-was-reading-the-work-of-h-g/) [Philip Reeve](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-reeve/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6f/philip-reeve-13157_always_my-first-encounter-with-science-fiction_2729751.png) > [We tend to think of crime fiction as reading designed for entertainment - not education. It delivers an almost pure kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-weinman/we-tend-to-think-of-crime-fiction-as-reading-designed-for/) [Sarah Weinman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-weinman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/425/sarah-weinman-7655_crime_we-tend-to-think-of-crime-fiction-as-rea_886760.jpg) > [I guess...on one hand, I spent way too much time watching science fiction and reading science fiction when I was growing up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/moby/i-guess-on-one-hand-i-spent-way-too-much-time-watching-science/) [Moby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/moby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f5/moby-549_connected_i-guess-on-one-hand-i-spent-way-too-much_764853.jpg) > [“Fiction does something unique in that it takes us out of our heads and puts us into other people's heads. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/fiction-does-something-unique-in-that-it-takes-us-out-of-our-heads/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d09/neil-gaiman-29_books_fiction-does-something-unique-in-that-it_1187360.jpg) > [A lot of people who want to see the short story have a renaissance of readership - they tend to think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lorin-stein/a-lot-of-people-who-want-to-see-the-short-story-have-a-renaissance-of/) [Lorin Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lorin-stein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cd/lorin-stein-22569_bits_a-lot-of-people-who-want-to-see-the-shor_1747916.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-reading/#itemlist", "name": "Fiction Reading Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Only occasionally do I read new fiction. 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And I think reading, and experiencing fiction through reading, is something that gives us empathy. And that, I think, is vital. It takes us out of our lives. Without reading, you're stuck with one life. Reading gives you more than one life. It gives you an infinite number of lives, which I think is wonderful. 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