Capacity Quote by Ben Lerner

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

— Dean Koontz

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

— Frank Peretti

I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore can't be…

— Stephen King

“…Here we come close to one of the definitions of literary fiction. Even the best kind of popular novel just comes straight at you;…

— Martin Amis

I don't generally read a lot of fiction.

— Bill Gates

“literary fiction is fiction that examines the character of the people involved in the story, and that popular fiction is driven by plot. Whereas…

— Bret Lott

Don't get me wrong, I love literary fiction. It's faux literary fiction I can't stand.

— Dennis Lehane

“It is not a single cowardice that drives us into fiction's fantasies. We often fear that literature is a game we can't afford to…

— William H. Gass

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

— Fay Weldon

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

— Richard Attenborough

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach…

— Alex Berenson

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

— Kathy Reichs