Areas Quote by Matthew Specktor

I think fiction goes to poetry for the intensity of its use of language.

— Edward Hirsch

Fiction is in danger of becoming a kind of poetry. Only other poets read it. Only other fiction writers care about it.

— John Updike

I must say that, on the whole, I prefer fiction to poetry.

— Yuriy Tarnawsky

Poetry is a kind of gasp, and there it is, a spark on the page. Fiction, on the other hand, is like swamp fire.

— Joy Kogawa

Even the people who have had success and made money writing these books of fiction seem to feel the need to pretend it's no…

— George Murray

Fiction is supposed to be immersive and supposed to be entertaining and narrative, so structures have to be buried a little bit. If they…

— Eleanor Catton

Fiction keeps its audience by retaining the world as its subject matter. People like the world. Many people actually prefer it to art and…

— Annie Dillard

I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not…

— Mark Strand

Fiction is of the essence of poetry as well as of painting; there is a resemblance in one of human bodies, things, and actions…

— John Dryden

“Most people in this country are looking for literature that is useful. They feel that just exploring their feelings is good enough - they…

— Erica Jong

One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides…

— Brian Evenson

Fiction writers have their own world, and poets have their own world, and literary criticism has sort of passed over into cultural studies in…

— Robert Hass