Doe Quote by Sarah Zettel

How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.

— Alan Dean Foster

Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger…

— N. K. Jemisin

Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you've set. But if you're writing about science, you…

— Anonymous

I'm not very good at writing fantasy or even reading it.

— Ruskin Bond

I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction…

— Ray Bradbury

I've always really loved big worlds and the kind of worldbuilding where you can open a portal into a new realm that feels full…

— Victoria Aveyard

Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.

— Nell Freudenberger

I love magic and playing with magic systems. But to me, good fantasy like all fiction comes down to good character and plotting.

— David B. Coe

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

— Jean M. Auel

“When you mix Science Fiction with Fantasy you don't have a pure genre, the two are, to a professional separate genres. I noticed today…

— L. Ron Hubbard

I find fantasy easier to write. If I'm going to write science fiction, I spend a lot more time thinking up justifications. I can…

— Roger Zelazny

I don't write fantasy; I write historical novels about an imaginary place.

— Raymond E. Feist