Argument Quote by Rachel Kushner

I sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not.

— Matthew Specktor

I think that when you're writing fiction what you're doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and…

— Helen Fielding

I tend to resist invitations to interpret my own fiction.

— J. M. Coetzee

When you do fiction, it is your imagination you have put out there.

— Beth Moore

I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the better it will be because that's what…

— Robert Greene

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

When I see things in the world that leap out at me, I want to make use of them in fiction. Maybe every writer…

— Rachel Kushner

I don't approach my movies with a target audience in mind. I try to make something that's true to the subject matter as much…

— Kelly Asbury

When I think about the new film, I think I can do whatever I want with fiction, but the more documentary it is, the…

— Robert Greene

I never go into a scene - ever, ever, ever - thinking, I have to make myself more empathetic toward the audience. Once you…

— Dean Winters

I direct in the same way that I act, which is thinking about what the scene needs.

— Liev Schreiber

The beauty of prose fiction that I see is simply that in order to create something you need only pay attention to personal exigency.

— James Kelman