Fiction Quote by Fred Saberhagen

I write speculative fiction, and in my view, speculative fiction is really just a very intense version of the work of literature in general.

— Ken Liu

I read and write speculative fiction because I want to go someplace really different.

— Kameron Hurley

Personally, I read fiction, in part, because I get to spend time with people who aren't my people.

— Adam Ross

I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.

— Toni Morrison

I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

— David Ignatius

My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things…

— Jami Attenberg

In high school and college, I started to read more and write science fiction myself. I was fully engaged in writing in the 1990s.

— Liu Cixin

Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

I had been writing fiction since I was in eighth grade, because I loved it.

— Thomas Perry

I primarily read fiction, and I read a good many wonderful books while writing 'The Visibles.'

— Sara Shepard

I get to use fiction as a way to work out my thinking and to delight readers in the process. I can't think of…

— Ken Liu