Black Quote by Richard Dawkins

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for…

— Orson Scott Card

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants.

— Tod Goldberg

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the…

— David Baldacci

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

— Gary Shteyngart

There is an odd sense of responsibility attached to appearing in a drama about a real piece of history. A work of fiction is…

— James D'arcy

When a novel is based on an actual crime, it should do much more than loosely fictionalize it. The novel must stand alone as…

— Sarah Weinman

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished…

— David Baldacci

Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets…

— John Cheever

I'm defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre.

— Ben Lerner

To me, the ultimate crime in an adaptation is the crime of reverence. A novel is one form of media, a screenplay is another,…

— Christopher McQuarrie

The nature of fiction is to make one distrustful of any character who lectures and castigates.

— James Lasdun

You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but…

— Robert Duvall