Fiction Quote by Norman Macleod Download Open image “Palaeontologists use fiction all the time.” — Norman Macleod ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction Time Use
I meet a number of people as a writer of fiction who say "Oh, I don't read much fiction," as if the history of… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
These are the experiences I wish to record in this book, which should really be called The Diary of a Palaeontologist. But in committing… — Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald Copy Share Image
Can fiction teach us? Absolutely. Fiction has the power to illustrate place, era, and atmosphere in vivid detail. But it is not Anthropology for… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things. — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read is non… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form. — Edwidge Danticat Copy Share Image
As adults feign disinterest in science - children can grab hold of it to distinguish themselves. — Norman Macleod Copy Share Image
Writing a children's book means you cannot spin out long narratives or have complex character development. — Norman Macleod Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“His hands on my waist he gently pulled me n embrace. I could feel his breath on my face our lips were about to… — Nicole Eglinger Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
