I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“Oh I'm sure you're right," Auntie said. "Probably she's just as you say. But she looks to me like a very clever… — Arthur Golden Copy Share Image
Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Sometimes, I go to Barnes & Noble with the sole intention of moving all copies of the bible to the fiction section. — Zach Braff Copy Share Image
“How charming. The king and his little princess knocking on my covens door.” Ursula sighed dramatically. “What do you insolent merfolks want… — Khalia Hades Copy Share Image
“Ray Bradbury’s entire oeuvre exemplifies the crumbling of SCIENCE FICTION into the open interplay of science fiction, fantasy and horror.” — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
A lot of the science fiction that I grew up reading was written when we still thought that Venus might be an… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
“It must have really not liked me, but I can't imagine why, don't say anything Amelia." Amelia shrugged her shoulders, "It liked… — Otto Ray and Amelia Raht Copy Share Image
Reality and fiction are really mixed up. The frontier between reality and fiction is tremendously porous and slippery. And in fact, when… — Rosa Montero Copy Share Image
I'm not disciplined in terms of scheduling. I work best late at night, but I can't do that when I'm on a… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment...But it's hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find… — Jonathan Gottschall Copy Share Image
The hypothesis is pretty; its only fault is that it is neither demonstrated nor demonstrable. Who does not see that this is… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
“As sci-fi writer Theodore Sturgeon said, 90 percent of everything is crap. But science fiction has not been forgiven for its crap.… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I don't think that VR is going to lead to humanity being enslaved in the matrix or letting the world crumble around… — Palmer Luckey Copy Share Image
Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
Possibly because I earn my living as a writer of fiction and possibly because it's just the sensible thing to do, I… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
I didn't know anything about romance novels until a friend suggested that I try writing one. After I read a few, I… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
“If anyone or anything tries to curse or kill the Goodness at the Center of all things, it will just keep coming… — David Housholder Copy Share Image
When fiction rises pleasing to the eye, men will believe, because they love the lie; but truth herself, if clouded with a… — Charles Churchill Copy Share Image
Free will cannot be used if your being taught how and what to think. If anything you see or read is not… — Christopher T Lewis Copy Share Image
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know,… — Vikram Seth Copy Share Image
When I moved from Cambridge, I donated all my fiction. I carefully cut out pages the authors had autographed for me. I… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
Fiction and screenwriting blend for me. I feel like being a TV writer/screenwriter has definitely made my fiction writing better, although I… — Nick Antosca Copy Share Image
“Mistakes in a work of fiction by a writer are new discoveries by the reader, that create a new ending for the… — kambiz mostofizadeh Copy Share Image
It gives me confidence to know that what I'm writing has a veracity of its own without me having to invent it.… — Michael Morpurgo Copy Share Image
James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle. — Bill Callahan Copy Share Image
“You look good, Clearwater. Been working out?' Danie teased. 'He does, doesn't he?'Janelle agreed. 'This will totally work.' James' eyes darted back… — Brandi Salazar Copy Share Image
The myth of Good Guys and Bad Guys is one of the most pervasive we own, and morally grey anti-heroes are simply… — Richard K. Morgan Copy Share Image
No fiction, no myths, no lies, no tangled webs - this is how Irie imagined her homeland. Because homeland is one of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
Catholic fiction of the type we're publishing is stories that we know faithful Catholics will enjoy - stories they can escape with,… — Regina Doman Copy Share Image
“Many great people had been considered to be boring, like Nigel Mansell, but anyone who had read the racing driver’s autobiography, "Clutch… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
“Critics were rigid and hidebound, never willing to give due credit for anything that didn’t fit in with their predetermined parameters of… — Therese Anne Fowler Copy Share Image
Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about… — Anne Fortier Copy Share Image
It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is. — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
A lot of times in my short fiction there isn't much dramatized scene - there are a lot of short, interconnected bits,… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
YA fiction tends to have a finite quality. You're looking toward a goal - prom or graduation or revolution - and we… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Adapted from the novel by L. Ron Hubbard, who cranked out sci-fi pulp by the cubic ton, 'Battlefield Earth' has the musty… — Elvis Mitchell Copy Share Image
In the movie 'Wall Street' I play Gordon Gekko, a greedy corporate executive who cheated to profit while innocent investors lost their… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and… — Janet Leigh Copy Share Image
My fiction has been influenced by the visual arts, though not in obvious ways, it seems to me. I don't offer tremendous… — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
