Book Quote by Chandan Sharma

I wasn't writing stories with the intention of creating a particular collection. I simply wrote stories, and then discovered common themes among a good…

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

“I have from the first felt sure that the writer, when he sits down to commence his novel, should do so, not because he…

— Anthony Trollope

I have always been fascinated by the supernatural elements in stories, whether fairy tales, myths, film or literature.

— Trudi Canavan

“We create words, words create wonders.”

— Chandan Sharma

All good communal storytelling comes from the sagas and arguments within the writers room.

— Chris Claremont

There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because…

— John Scalzi

“..the writer’s obsession – the desire to know and communicate, or, rather, to know everything so as to communicate with the greatest degree of…

— Ivan Klima

Writers who can't invent stories often substitute style for narrative. They remind me of the painter who couldn't paint people, so he painted chairs.

— Bernard Malamud

“Each of us, along with our ancestors, inhabits the same cosmos. When we tell stories, we enter the stream of human consciousness; we take…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Life is a collection of memories and feelings. Mawkish sentimentally urges us to engage in artistic overtures, we yearn to share with other people…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together of writers…

— John Metcalf

“A disproportionate number of stories are love stories – and what is homosexuality but a special narrative of love?”

— Christopher Bram