Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things… — Ray McKinnon Copy Share Image
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“Grandpa said that we could solve a lot of the world’s problems if we considered cats and dogs edible. Like the neighbor’s… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“I always thought of the stars like a handful of gems that God randomly tossed across the sky, saying, 'Here, go wherever… — Chelsea Vanderbeek Copy Share Image
Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems… — Robin Wasserman Copy Share Image
Fiction is Truth's elder sister. Obviously. No one in the world knew what truth was till some one had told a story. — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
It's always wrong of course to say that you can't do this or you can't do that in fiction. You can do… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two… — Sarah Sutton Copy Share Image
I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I struggle with the fact that men's popular fiction is talked about differently. Books like mine don't get as many reviews and… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
It's not fiction's job to be photographically representative of reality. If I want to make a fictional world where there's no kindness,… — George Saunders Copy Share Image
A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you… — Ann M. Martin Copy Share Image
Some trans people thought that in claiming that gender is performative that I was saying that it is all a fiction, and… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
You've got the people you know, which are problematic. Always. They're rich but they're also real people living their lives alongside you.… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
Now, I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't.… — Joel C. Rosenberg Copy Share Image
As you see, I bear some resentment and some scars from the years of anti-genre bigotry. My own fiction, which moves freely… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Writing, of course, it's not all in your head. Not talking about the 'manual' act of typing here either, but that, when… — Stephen Graham Jones Copy Share Image
“How is it possible you have caught me off guard, he seemed to ask. Exactly where have I miscalculated the velocities, how… — Stephanie Vaughn Copy Share Image
Everyone who works in the domain of fiction is a bit crazy. The problem is to render this craziness interesting. — Francois Truffaut Copy Share Image
Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college. — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed,… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
“The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all eternity. — RJPeters” — R.J. Peters Copy Share Image
The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in… — Gillian Jacobs Copy Share Image
Like most genres of literary expression, science fiction in China was subject to instrumentalist impulses and had to serve practical goals. — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
I definitely want to write some fiction, for sure. I already have half of the next book. I already have it all… — Moshe Kasher Copy Share Image
I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think… — Philippa Gregory Copy Share Image
One handy piece of equipment, which I recommend to any writer of fiction, is a set of Myriorama cards. I consult them… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and… — Antony Beevor Copy Share Image
I love the writing of Walter Tevis and what he views as the possibilities of science rather than science fiction. — Roger Deakins Copy Share Image
I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise.… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
One thing that fiction does is it allows us to take big picture questions, big issues, big moral and socio-political changes and… — Ben H. Winters Copy Share Image
The Place of No Shadows, in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine (1990) In our Universe, matter is arranged in a hierarchy of… — Francois Jacob Copy Share Image
“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub.… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
I love making fiction films as well as nonfiction ones, and hope to keep challenging myself to make better and better work. — Lucy Walker Copy Share Image
I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the… — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
“Well, that depends, I suppose. I heard someone once say that men dance the same way they have sex. So, if you… — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
If you like to read, sometimes it's interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the… — Harold Brodkey Copy Share Image
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
Everybody's always living in fiction just as much as children, but the way our stories are faked is curtailed by all sorts… — Claire Messud Copy Share Image
