Fictional Quotes

165 quotes by 152 authors

There is no cure for fictional character love, but the plus side is that it is an entirely benign disease with no bad side effects. — Cassandra Clare
I don't care whether I really exist or don't, whether I'm real or fictional. What I want right now is to be the person who… — John Scalzi
It goes without saying that all of the people, living, dead, and otherwise, in this story are fictional or used in a fictional context. Only… — Neil Gaiman
To really be a nerd, she'd decided, you had to prefer fictional worlds to the real one. — Rainbow Rowell
It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking… — Isaac Asimov
I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into… — Dana Schutz
I think we have become oversaturated with tired fictional narratives. — Lucy Walker
Writing historical novels can be dangerous. We need to be as accurate and as fair about the historical record as we can be, at the… — Edward Rutherfurd
The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do. — Neil Cross
The characters in my stories, whether historical or fictional, usually prove to be a compilation of influences taken from differing sources, but never drawn from… — Thomas Steinbeck
If you have to write a fictional adventure to convey a philosophy of evil, the best person is the destroyer of evil himself, Lord Shiva. — Amish Tripathi
I have a rule: I will not alter the basic history of a real-life character to suit our fictional needs in a big way. — Terence Winter
Enjoying fiction requires a shift in selfhood. You give up your own identity and try on the identities of other people, adopting their perspectives so… — Paul Bloom
When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right. — Kurt Busiek
I wrote a piece of software in 1998 that created fictional weather. — Daniel Suarez
The world domination plan goal is that I would love Veronica Mars to become a brand like Sherlock Holmes is a brand, like Nancy Drew,… — Rob Thomas
The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness. — John Updike
As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change the… — Christopher Lee
The biggest fatal flaw in most fictional portrayals of nanotech - what sends those books arcing across the room - is ignoring that the nanobots… — Edward M. Lerner
Respect can be as elusive as the unicorn. I know something of this because I write books that are set in the Middle Ages, and… — Sharon Kay Penman

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