Fiction Quote by Iain Banks

Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had…

— Marian Keyes

Shows with good content are important, and not the genre.

— Ashish Sharma

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

— Anthony Doerr

“Fiction is very, very important," he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new cultures and…

— Kristine Grayson

“Ann Patchett about the lack of a fiction Pulitzer winner this year. "Let me underscore the obvious here: Reading fiction is important. It is…

— Lynne Marshall

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

The novel, as a genre, was once considered a diversion every bit as frivolous as Facebook, but over the years, we've managed to convince…

— Lynn Coady

“For so long considered a second-rate category to other writing genres, Science Fiction should be allotted its true place in literature. The reason Science…

— Joseph Duda

Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization…

— Ray Bradbury

I'm a novelist. I think fiction is important or I wouldn't be doing it, but most of it's bad.

— Dale Peck

Children's fiction is the most important fiction of all.

— Neil Gaiman

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