Fiction Quote by Damon Knight

“Fiction, at the point of development at which it has arrived, demands from the writer a spirit of scrupulous abnegation.The only legitimate of all…

— Joseph Conrad

Happily ever after?" "If justice doesn't triumph and love doesn't make the circle in entertainment fiction, what's the point? Real life sucks too often.

— Nora Roberts

It is the creator of fiction's point of view; it is the character who interests him. Sometimes he wants to convince the reader that…

— Raymond Queneau

I tend not to read or watch Science Fiction, particularly not comedy Science Fiction. The point is that if it's less good than what…

— Douglas Adams

I like being to the point. It is not my nature to talk too much or indulge in loose talk. I like being brief,…

— Mohammad Azharuddin

I want one thing I can point to and say, 'that is good, and it's a part of me.'

— Kim Harrison

“At some point we have to give up and say that's just the way it is. Or, not give up and push on.”

— Leonard Susskind

I've made a point of not being, say what I refer to as a 'careerist' about anything.

— Jon Brion

Go straight to your point when you do or say something, because the more words you preach the more mistake you made,

— NO VOICE

This is the point in the show where we say, 'Oh, what else do we have in the van that's flammable?'

— Adam Savage

“I don't see the point, in making the point that you will never say or do something by doing what you said you would…

— Emma Paul

There is no point at which you can say, 'Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap.'

— Carrie Fisher