Fiction Quote by Lauren Beukes

There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition,…

— Ralph Ellison

“If you're living in a country ruled by criminals it's hard to find justice”

— Thabiso Monkoe

In war, You fight for your own version of justice, Not for real.

— Daniyal Butt

I did a lot of research on real serial killers, and they're not Hannibal Lecters. They're cruel men who are given the opportunity to…

— Lauren Beukes

There are so many of these young-adult movies with these cold guys who act like jerks to girls but are hiding soft sentiments. But…

— Alice Englert

I want to create something that doesn't exist exactly in the real world, but exists in a kind of parallel to the real world.

— Lorrie Moore

I've written a detective series myself, set in an imaginary, and slightly futuristic, Chinese city. The novels have an extremely tenuous relationship with the…

— Liz Williams

To try to teach ignoring technology is to ignore the progress that we have made over the last century. If school is preparation for…

— Adora Svitak

We speak of 'software eating the world,' 'the Internet of Things,' and we massify 'data' by declaring it 'Big.' But these concepts remain for…

— John Battelle

The place we want to explore unpleasantness in the real world is in art.

— Teller

I'm completely unlike a lot of other performers in the past who have been forgiven or come to terms with the real world because…

— Marilyn Manson

I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight.…

— Henning Mankell