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My only obligation as a fiction writer is to the story, to make it good, so good the busy reader doesn't feel that flipping…

— Leslie Pietrzyk

The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50,…

— Marge Piercy

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first…

— Jane Smiley

The test of real literature is that it will bear repetition. We read over the same pages again and again, and always with fresh…

— Anonymous

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters;…

— Penelope Lively

Over the years, I have come to realize that no matter how satisfying fiction is, it becomes that much better when it actually happened.

— Elin Hilderbrand

When we want a book exactly like the one we just finished reading, what we really want is to recreate that pleasurable experience--the headlong…

— Nancy Pearl

I find it very satisfying to write because you can purge many things and vent what you feel under the mask of fiction.

— Steven Berkoff

In my mind what novels do best is that they immerse us deeply into our character's world - they truly transport us deep into…

— Junot Diaz

Whether it is done quickly or slowly, however splendid the results, the process of writing fiction is inherently, inevitably, indistinguishable from wasting time.

— Deborah Eisenberg

“What is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in - fully…

— Rick Gekoski

Of course there is no denying the possible pleasure of holing up with a fat, slow-moving, mediocre novel; still, we all know that we…

— Joseph Brodsky