I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person's life. — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
“The only difference between fiction and religion is that people don't kill themselves over fiction.” — Ahmed Mostafa Copy Share Image
I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life. — John Grisham Copy Share Image
“Kneading memory makes the dough of fiction; which we know, sometimes never stops rising.” — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
“Love at first sight might be fiction, but most fiction has a grain of truth in it, right?” — Pauline Creeden Copy Share Image
“We both must burn this midnight oil together. You’re just as new to me as I am you.” --Andrew” — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Fiction is what happens inside a writer's head. Reality takes place outside it” — Barry A. Whittingham Copy Share Image
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I should think just about every young writer - which I was at the time - would be influenced by HPL. As… — Brian Lumley Copy Share Image
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“And just then Damon stepped out of the coat closet, and at the same time Aunt Maggie tripped him neatly and said,… — L.J. Smith Copy Share Image
“Awe! Leaving so soon?” Gabby said sweetly, holding the door open. “I was just about to pull out the gun for you… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“...required for good fiction: character, conflict, change through time. And if you're really blessed, you get resolution. But life doesn't usually work… — Ted Conover Copy Share Image
That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Man may deceive his fellow-men, deception may follow deception, and the children of the wicked one may have power to seduce the… — Oliver Cowdery Copy Share Image
We translated the script together with them. And during the process of translation, they rewrote the scripts. They put a lot into… — Ciro Guerra Copy Share Image
...if there is a widely shared concept of intentional action... a philosophical analysis of intentional action that is wholly unconstrained by that… — Alfred Mele Copy Share Image
“Grover spit expertly between his teeth. "You know, Nerburn," he said, "you're like those treaty negotiators we used to have to deal… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Healthy fiction, no matter how wildly it may depart from the material order, teaches us to love ourselves in a wholesome manner… — Michael O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Probably your biggest mistake was doing funk-dance to Unchained Melody,” the dog offered earnestly. “It’s a ballad, Alf, and to be honest,… — Mark Jackman Copy Share Image
“My worry is that they will look down on our enemies. They have seen the Arabs in these mud towns and think… — Nigel Seed Copy Share Image
“In writing the short novel Fahrenheit 451 I thought I was describing a world that might evolve in four or five decades.… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
