Convincing Quote by Arthur C. Clarke

“the simplest explanation usually sounds right and is far more convincing than any complicated explanation could hope to be.”

— Scott Adams

When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't…

— Geraldine Brooks

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing…

— Ann Patchett

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything…

— Will Self

“Thus it had come about that she had read far more fiction, and far more poetry, those two sanctuaries of the lonely, than most…

— John Fowles

“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.

— William Faulkner

“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the intelligentsia. My…

— Arthur C. Clarke

“To be a science fiction writer you must be interested in the future and you must feel that the future will be different and…

— Arthur C. Clarke

As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics,…

— Ray Bradbury

“What we've done is make the categories of science fiction and fantasy larger, freer, and more inclusive than any other genre of contemporary literature.…

— Orson Scott Card

“Science fiction and fantasy, though they seem to be about the future or fictional worlds, are always at their core really about the problems…

— John Joseph Adams