Acceptable Quote by Anita Brookner

I'm defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre.

— Ben Lerner

If anyone asks me whether I like being a popular writer, I ask them whether they think I'd rather be an unpopular writer.

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics.

— John Grisham

Isn't it strange that I who have written only unpopular books should be such a popular fellow?

— Albert Einstein

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters.

— Kathy Reichs

“I do not like postmodernism, postapocalyptic settings, postmortem narrators, or magic realism. I rarely respond to supposedly clever formal devices, multiple fonts, pictures where…

— Gabrielle Zevin

I hope I'm not just looked as a writer that is popular but as a writer of literary value.

— Sandra Cisneros

I think a lot of people who read fiction are interested in subtlety. But they wouldn't like my stuff. It's a bit too violent…

— Martin Amis

At the end of the day, I'm writing in a genre that isn't highly regarded.

— Philippa Gregory

The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don't…

— Jim Woodring

There is nothing wrong with wanting to publish - or read - books that have a wide potential audience. But it does generate a…

— Michelle Dean

I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel.

— Frank Peretti