Books Quote by Edgar Rice Burroughs

But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.

— Andy Richter

I think fiction is important because it has the power to transport a reader into another life.

— Anthony Doerr

It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of…

— Philip Hensher

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic…

— Ann Patchett

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written…

— Edmund White

I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.

— Diana Gabaldon

Every good book should be entertaining. A good book will be more; it must not be less. Entertainment…is like a qualifying examination. If a…

— Anonymous

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

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…

— Neil Gaiman

I don't ever think about the utility of fiction. I don't believe in it or certainly don't require anybody to consider it. A novel…

— Francisco Goldman

I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.

— Richard Attenborough

“Fiction does something unique in that it takes us out of our heads and puts us into other people's heads. And I think reading,…

— Neil Gaiman