Reading Fiction Quotes

13 quotes by 12 authors

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy. — Jennifer Haigh
As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to… — William James
I have two pairs of reading glasses. One pair is for reading fiction, the other for non-fiction. I've read the Bible twice wearing each pair,… — Steven Wright
Oh no, real life is escape. The great terrors, the horrors--we hope--of your life come from reading fiction. — Orson Scott Card
That is the joy of reading fiction: when all is said and done, the novel belongs to the reader and his or her imagination. — Alice Hoffman
Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy… — Ann Patchett
And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never would have something… — Curtis Sittenfeld
But my philosophy is that plot advancement is not what the experience of reading fiction is about. If all we care about is advancing the… — George R. R. Martin
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded… — Neil Gaiman
Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings.… — Ann Patchett
I definitely want to act and I want to sing. If those two fall through, I want to become a writer, probably, like a songwriter… — Cassie Steele
Movies feel like work, and reading fiction feels like work, whereas reading nonfiction feels like pleasure. — Peter Morgan
I grew up not reading fiction; I watched movies and read comic books, and one of the ways I taught myself to think about narrative… — Kevin Wilson

Who Wrote These Reading Fiction Quotes

12 authors contributed a total of 13 Reading Fiction Quotes as follows: