Almost Quote by Sara Shepard

“When a hot trend turns into a sub-category, new strictures arise along with it. Tropes turn into shortcuts, character paradigms become cardboard cutouts. Publishing…

— Donald Maass

I think everyone's a little afraid of being part of a trend, because you get compared to each other. Writers tend to have a…

— Veronica Roth

I think the anti-intellectualism of a lot of contemporary fiction is a kind of despairing of literature's ability to be anything more than perfectly…

— Ben Lerner

I'm trying to move a little more toward literary fiction while still retaining a popular feel.

— Frank Peretti

Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.

— Dean Koontz

I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

— Alex Flinn

The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.

— J. G. Ballard

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new…

— Connie Willis

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

— Fay Weldon

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris

“All I'm saying is that there is a generation gap, and I think it revolves around this public/private thing. Our generation -- we subscribe…

— David Lodge

Young adult fiction is getting more popular among adults because the writer is trying hard all the time to maintain the reader's interest.

— Jesse Andrews