Fiction Quote by David Morrell Download Open image “There are no inferior types of fiction, only inferior practitioners of them.” — David Morrell ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction Type
I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions... — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
“The one thing is fiction in a novel and the other thing is reality. With fiction you don't make a fuss - you can… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Fiction is all about vicarious experiences and getting into other people's heads in a way that no other art form lets you. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace. — Rita Mae Brown Copy Share Image
...it seems to us that the readers who want fiction to be like life are considerably outnumbered by those who would like life to… — Sarah Caudwell Copy Share Image
“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about… — Clark Zlotchew Copy Share Image
I'm defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre. — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
Fiction and non-fiction are only different techniques of story telling. For reasons I do not fully understand, fiction dances out of me. Non-fiction is… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
My son died from cancer. My granddaughter died from cancer. I have a lot of reasons to think that reality is not a friendly… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“Just because somebody smiles when he hands me a bag of shit, that doesn't mean I have to take it. I don't give a… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
If you chase the market, it's not going to come to you. You have to have faith in yourself. I think one of the… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
I have a graduate degree from Penn State. I studied at Penn State under a noted Hemingway scholar, Philip Young. I had an interest… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“the anxiety of the unpredictable came only when you dealt with amateurs” — David Morrell Copy Share Image
One generation's idea of fast pace might be different from a later generation's. — David Morrell Copy Share Image
A thriller becomes great when it carries a feeling of reality and truth. — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Anybody who sits down to write, and they think 'thriller,' maybe shouldn't be thinking that way. Maybe we should be thinking 'novel,' maybe 'thriller'… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
My world view is that it can all go to hell in an instant, and you have to be ready for it. That's pretty… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
When I started 'First Blood,' back in 1968, I was deeply influenced by Geoffrey Household's 'Rogue Male.' — David Morrell Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I love writing fiction and can do it anywhere - I once even missed a flight because I was so engrossed. — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“His hands on my waist he gently pulled me n embrace. I could feel his breath on my face our lips were about to… — Nicole Eglinger Copy Share Image
