“Ugh! only she could meet a gorgeous new guy and make a fool of herself. Remy thought.” — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel. — Frank Peretti Copy Share Image
“A Quote from Monty's journal in GOD MUST BE WEEPING. "I felt as anonymous as a grain of sand.” — J.D. Winston Copy Share Image
“I guess if you get too close, the twinkling stops; they don’t look like stars anymore.” — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“Were the stars against him? A woman's fingers are quicker in the sky and shine more brightly.” — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
I read many wonderful novels, though I now find the idea of literary fiction obsolete. — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“For two young women, bound together by blood and circumstance, but divided by religion, politics, and social class, the consequences were much… — Stephen A. Reger Copy Share Image
I resisted children's writing for a long time. I saw myself as a writer of literary fiction. But I had so much… — Ellen Potter Copy Share Image
Why is it okay to write a work of literary fiction where horrible, explicit things happen, where you can't write a book… — Josh Gondelman Copy Share Image
“In quantum physics, particles change when they’re observed. But this isn’t quantum: my book doesn’t alter by being seen or unseen. It… — S. Lucia Kanter St. Amour Copy Share Image
In fact, one of the things that I really love about literary fiction is that it's one of the few kinds of… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“True siblings are bound together by far more essential things than blood, while more times than many blood isn't thicker than water.” — Constantina Maud Copy Share Image
I love developing children as characters. Children rarely have important roles in literary fiction - they are usually defined as cute or… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“But this bus was a bit too full. The driver only appeared to control the glass and metal around him. In reality,… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
I hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“The cloth was wrinkled and twisted from the struggle. His forehead was damp, and he lay his forearm across it and stared… — Dave Newell Copy Share Image
“What do you read?” Ismay asks. “Little bit of everything. I started with crime novels. Pretty predictable that, I guess. But then… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
“Sooooooooo much literary fiction I get in the old query inbox is plotless. It's just a character musing about the vagaries and… — Nathan Bransford literary agent Copy Share Image
“Her entire life, she’d been told sin was wrong, a black and white interpretation of what is evil and what is holy… — Madi Merek Copy Share Image
“Gracie leaned out the back, craning her neck as far as she could around the side, trying to catch the wind in… — Cole Alpaugh Copy Share Image
“We're just like the antiques. We grow old and get scarred and beat up along the way, and the only question becomes… — Lynda Rutledge Copy Share Image
Authors of so-called 'literary' fiction insist that action, like plot, is vulgar and unworthy of a true artist. Don't pay any attention… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
“It was like walking into another world. While the mansion was bright, warm, comfy and filled with sound and color, the outside… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Danilo's was the kind of place where many drinking men come to hide, be it from their wives, in-laws, their jobs or… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Time seemed to drag with dreamlike slowness, like a knife through cold honey, and the room took on a surreal golden sheen… — Sara Stark Copy Share Image
“For his lunch break, Alex decided to sit outside for a smoke. There was no break room to speak of, just a… — J.C. Henderson Copy Share Image
“Mom rubbed the back of my neck and we kept walking, away from the kids and the colors and the high-pitched, happy… — Amy Sargent Swank Copy Share Image
“There could be no better time to read THE END OF BLISS, Rhonda Cutler's beautifully researched and heartfelt novel about another of… — Rhonda Ringler Cutler Copy Share Image
“One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
“After a long while, the giant forest turned into a clearing. Up ahead, a large waterfall rushed into a giant pool. Rippling… — Valerie Dunsmore Copy Share Image
“We’ll start on the ruins when you come back.” “Looks like a big job.” “Those are the most important.” — Valerie Dunsmore Copy Share Image
“The poor were born survivors, but their equity was bound to the land—dwelling, farm, animals.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
“His remains consigned to the elements and wolves, would scattered across the March.” — Gabriel F.W. Koch Copy Share Image
“The wise have the mental agility to anticipate and adjust to dire circumstances faster than most.” — Isham Cook Copy Share Image
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
