“The standards for horror fiction should be no less than those for 'serious literary' fiction in which originality of concept, depth of… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
“Does Ebui dream of a private grave? People in fancy dress eulogizing, laying down their offerings. Or does she dream past the… — Johnny Firic Copy Share Image
“I know he says it’s a mind upload problem,” said Aideen. “But we won’t know that for sure until we get there.… — Steven Decker Copy Share Image
“Whenever I doubted the saying that hate wasn’t the opposite of love, I thought of Isabel’s father and remembered—indifference was.” — Katherine Reay Copy Share Image
“Last night I dreamt Moses and I were rowing underwater. We could breathe and talk to one another. We rowed past schools… — J. Dylan Yates Copy Share Image
“Don't ever let anyone tell you that things can't be changed, that things can't be done. The can and they will, if… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“Question: You’re 21-years-old, a young adult writing mature adult literary fiction. Imaj: Yes, I feel creativity is an ageless thing.” — Imaj Copy Share Image
“Olga was better, in the sun, where he could see every pore in her skin. Get closer. Feel her next to him.… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“Write for joy. It is the *only* reason to write. Whatever happens to your books afterward, just write for joy. Send your… — Welwyn Wilton Katz Copy Share Image
“There's something in your eyes that scares me," Max whispired, looking through the window. Landon took her face into his hand and… — Shawn Kirsten Maravel Copy Share Image
“And I tell her about his description because I want her to know what I now know, which is that the place… — Carola Perla Copy Share Image
“She could see the headlines now. ‘Spinster dies alone in her condo. No one discovered her corpse for three days.’ She had… — Diane Merrill Wigginton Copy Share Image
“Can anyone be arrested for being such an asshole as him? Should they pass a law, legislate for just such things, make… — Chassis Albuquerque Copy Share Image
I think suspense should be like any other color on a writer's palette. I suppose I'm in the minority but I think… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
“Elsa's mother no longer spoke to her of men and love, but of duty and fate and accepting one’s burden. As far… — Kathy-Diane Leveille Copy Share Image
“A novelist must wrestle with all mysteries and strangeness of life itself, and anyone who dies not wish to accept that grand,… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
“He crossed the stage, pushed the bench back and sat, hands resting on the keyboard cover. After a moment, he took off… — Kristine Kathryn Rusch Copy Share Image
“Over the years Breece had lectured that truth was liquid. That it evaporated in the heat of passion, froze in the cold… — Brandon Shire Copy Share Image
“The expected battle hadn’t taken place, yet something else had. Images of the entertainment which had just gone down were already coming… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“There, arrows are thrown slowly — but they hurt. The first arrow comes from a one-sided decision — as though only one… — Tommy Wibowo Copy Share Image
“You know what people are doing on the other side of the world, what’s happening on another planet, but not what’s going… — Graham Spaid Copy Share Image
“Everyone thought she was so confident and together, but that was really a mask she wore to protect herself. The old adage… — Hope Worthington Copy Share Image
“True love never dies for it is lust that fades away. Love bonds for a lifetime but lust just pushes away. -Alicia… — Lysious Copy Share Image
“What do you think about America?" "Everyone always smiles so big! Well—most people. Maybe not so much you. I think it looks… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
“Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, in stone, child. Lo, in stone. Whither be the heart of Justice? Lo, tis fast… — K. Ritz Copy Share Image
“I’m looking for the exit.” “The Last Exit to Brooklyn, will it be?” “Er, no! Just the way out.” From "One man… — Anthony J. Saunders Copy Share Image
A lot of young-adult authors, great ones, have tried their hands at literary fiction, and not a lot of them have succeeded.… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“One way to think about your life is as an extended free fall. An epiphany may help you see better as you… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,” he murmured. Thinking of her out… — Yvonne Korshak Copy Share Image
“The sublime beauty was almost hidden withing the castle walls. She believed that the treasured things in life were often hard to… — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“We lie on the blanket, our bare bodies basking in the sun like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only… — Henry Martin Copy Share Image
“As the sun lowered into the city's skyline, casting an orange glow over the islands, Jana could feel people's hopes rising.” — F.C. Malby Copy Share Image
“When you turn around, you'll see something I bet you've never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you'll fit… — Veronica Randolph Batterson Copy Share Image
“He looked along the line of children, exhibits A to C of his existence and heirs to the twisted throne of his… — David Louden Copy Share Image
“So you’re the little smart ass from Poleglass.” I wanted to point out he sounded like Dr. Seuss but bit my lip… — David Louden Copy Share Image
It's perceived as an accolade to be published as a 'literary' writer, but, actually, it's pompous and it's fake. Literary fiction is… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
“Being a writer of 'literary fiction' means going on and on about something long after the reader has gotten the idea. ...Dan… — Dan Ahearn Copy Share Image
I do find stories - or literary fiction - an apt form for analyzing the world. And especially for trying to imagine… — Jim Shepard Copy Share Image
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I'd always read omnivorously and often thought much literary fiction is read by young men and women in their 20s as substitutes… — Neil Cross Copy Share Image
