Alive Quote by David Shields

“For my purpose, the non-fiction form of abstract knowledge doesn’t interest me; the final, applied form of fiction, of story, does.”

— Ayn Rand

“You're smiling. But you must know yourself, since you are a literary person, that the work of fiction is always a form of recovery…

— Raymond Federman

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us.

— Isaac Asimov

My dream remains to inform and entertain through fiction in the form of novels and movies that compete in the marketplace of ideas.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of…

— Oscar Wilde

“And so, they sat next to a birch tree, watching the butterflies spin around them. Linetta leaned back, her dark hair falling against the…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

“I love to create vibrant, whimsical floral compositions that are either executed with one single hue or the opposite: a blend of multiple colors!”

— Chantal Larocque

Agreements. Specifically, a treaty ratified by all the orders of whimsical like forms who dwell here that affords a measure of security for mortal…

— Brandon Mull

On inspection, Gaudi's architecture isn't whimsical at all.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“Man's wobbly little mind isn't equipped for hauling around the great unknowns. Very few people realize, there's no point chasing after answers to life's…

— Marisha Pessl

I have people who want to pull me into specific projects in the community based on my music and on the mixtapes. It's like,…

— Lupe Fiasco

“Night is the sleep of seven wax moths Dawn is the singing of five mermaids Noon is the scratching of three field mice Dusk…

— Xi Chuan