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Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort of root in the… — Nicolas Cage
Science fiction is a way that I can go into the abstract, go into the imagination, and audiences are still willing to go along for… — Nicolas Cage
'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction… — Nicolas Cage
I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy… — James Cameron
My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll… — Orson Scott Card
Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic. — John le Carre
In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you… — Jonathan Carroll
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all.… — Raymond Chandler
As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change… — Charles W. Chesnutt
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
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
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. — Tom Clancy
Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. — Arthur C. Clarke
The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses. — Isabel Allende
I like historical fiction. I fell in love with New Orleans the first time I visited it. And I wanted to place a story in… — Isabel Allende
I have more freedom when I write fiction, but my memoirs have had a much stronger impact on my readers. Somehow the 'message,' even if… — Isabel Allende
I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction. — Harlan Coben
For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent. — Diablo Cody
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning. — Dorothy Allison
Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy. — Martin Amis
Dune is the bestselling science fiction book of all time. It's something you really need to read in your lifetime. If you're going to read… — Kevin J. Anderson
I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' — Michael P. Anderson
I don't think there's such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind. — Maya Angelou
It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it. — Piers Anthony

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