Don't make a novel to establish a principle of political economy. You will spoil both. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth. — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction . — A. S. Byatt Copy Share Image
I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story. — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science. — Dennis Ritchie Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it. — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
I don't really have special rituals, but I don't try to write fiction unless I have a minimum of a few hours.… — Curtis Sittenfeld Copy Share Image
Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
“It wasn’t until I noticed two of the words on the sheet printed on a folder label. Sure enough, it was Williams’… — Karl Braungart Copy Share Image
“For a long time, Maurice rubbed his shaved head in his palm, until at last he looked up at his student. "Teo,… — Bryan M. Litfin Copy Share Image
...it seems to us that the readers who want fiction to be like life are considerably outnumbered by those who would like… — Sarah Caudwell Copy Share Image
“What if the killer was here? He or she could be standing behind Laurel at this very moment. Laurel shivered again. She… — Tayler Marie Brooks Copy Share Image
Contrary to what Kafka does, I always like to refer all of my fictions to the level of reality, He, on the… — Manuel Puig Copy Share Image
Top-shelf fiction, a Crown Royal ride into the heart of Night and New York. Con Lehane's work is reminiscent of the best… — George Pelecanos Copy Share Image
In fiction, I searched for my favorite authors, women I have trusted to reassure me than not all teenage guys are total… — Sarah Strohmeyer Copy Share Image
'Ray Donovan' was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character… — Johnathon Schaech Copy Share Image
In fiction, I tend to write fairly realistic dialogue-not always, and it tends to vary from book to book. But in many… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be—a particularly important exercise… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Fiction isn't made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose.… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I had said that Le Guin's worlds were real because her people were so real, and he said yes, but the people… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
If I write a paragraph and I don't get a certain lift from it, if I don't feel connected to it emotionally,… — Oscar Hijuelos Copy Share Image
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