Try to find pleasure in the speed that you're not used to. Changing the way you do routine things allows a new… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from… — Douglas Lain Copy Share Image
“Thank-you, son,’ said his father. ‘I want you to know we’re both proud of you. Take care, and keep in touch if… — Chris Tinniswood Copy Share Image
I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction. — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
In the end, all worlds, whether they're set in the future or in New Jersey of today, are fictions. Sure, you don't… — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I… — George Stephen Copy Share Image
Good fiction makes me turn off all the other parts of my brain, so that I become quiet and submissive, entirely at… — Gary Shteyngart Copy Share Image
Fiction shows us the past as well as the present moment in mortal light; it is an art served by the indelibility… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of… — Sloane Crosley Copy Share Image
If you view history as a backdrop, set-dressing or fiction, then 'Pride and Prejudice' is hugely entertaining. My reread saw the misery… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
“Don't let the whys have it. Don't let them take advantage of you. They'll crush your heart and steal your peace and… — Amy Matayo Copy Share Image
There's basically an element of fiction in everything you remember. Imagination and memory are almost the same brain processes. When I write… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work… — Caryl Phillips Copy Share Image
An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility… — Jeff Abbott Copy Share Image
Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature,… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
Jerel Law has crafted a fantastic story that will leave every reader wanting more. Stop looking for the next great read in… — Robert Liparulo Copy Share Image
In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
I have been reading the Old Testament, a most bloodthirsty and perilous book for the young. Jehovah is beyond doubt the worst… — Edwin Arlington Robinson Copy Share Image
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything… — Marvin Minsky Copy Share Image
By 'scientifiction' I mean the Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Edgar Allan Poe type of story-a charming romance intermingled with scientific… — Hugo Gernsback Copy Share Image
“His only real financial failure came at the age of thirteen when, in an uncharacteristic error of judgement, he invested £200,000 of… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
I sometimes feel fiction is the ideal preservation for real memories. Fiction is such a good place to keep things. — Wim Wenders Copy Share Image
Fiction writers learn about the development of metaphor, the use of rhythm, the way that language is compacted in order to express… — Edward Hirsch Copy Share Image
I stopped writing short fiction early on - I was never really good at it, and I never liked the results. So… — Susan Choi Copy Share Image
I have a lot of theories about the beneficial effects of fiction, but I'm always trying to get away from them a… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
I've always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I've always wanted to… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
“Warmth radiated from her skin in waves. Her pulse beneath his fingertips. The telltale flutter in her neck. Life. It mattered, was… — J. Rose Black Copy Share Image
“No two readers can or will ever read the same book, because the reader builds the book in collaboration with the author.” — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Fiction shows the external effects of internal conditions. Be aware of the tension between internal and external movement. — Raymond Carver Copy Share Image
When fiction started on TV, the daily soap splurge happened and I knew that I would not get caught in a daily… — Javed Jaffrey Copy Share Image
“American houses...' she said, peering over her right shoulder and down the street. 'They always seem to believe that nobody ever loses… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
I think that's what fiction writing is actually all about. It's about trying to solve problems in creative ways. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
It was very, very important to me to represent a broader swath of humanity that often isn't seen in futuristic sci-fi. — Laeta Kalogridis Copy Share Image
Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and non-fiction. And even there, who can be… — Tanith Lee Copy Share Image
Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Corporations are not legal “persons” with constitutional rights and freedoms of their own, but legal fictions that we created and must therefore… — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I… — Nicholas Royle Copy Share Image
A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
While I'm a big fan of science fiction, especially as rendered in expensive Hollywood blockbusters, it's the real universe that calls to… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
