Doe Quote by Sarah Zettel

“The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours”

— Michael Lewis

“(From the Author Note at the beginning of the book.) Dorothy L. Sayers used to say that mystery stories were the only moral fiction…

— Mercedes Lackey

If you want to do good research, it's important not to know too much. This almost sounds contradictory but really if you know too…

— Ivar Giaever

It would encourage young researchers if we can show that there is a big return for good research.

— Tasuku Honjo

We need to put our good research, our good work, our principles into actionable items whenever we can.

— Christine Lagarde

All good research-whether for science or for a book-is a form of obsession.

— Mary Roach

It allows you to say things that sound very dramatic and get away with it. If you had characters in modern fiction say the…

— Terry Goodkind

And I am pretty sure that's the point of reading fiction -- so someone else can say in a way you never would have…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

The world is a very complex and interesting place and that is what I really want my fiction to say: wake up to how…

— Dean Koontz

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

I think fiction can help us find everything. You know, I think that in fiction you can say things and in a way be…

— A.M. Homes

“It's always difficult when people compare me unfavorably with other contemporary writers. It's much easier when they use examples from earlier eras of fiction.…

— Tad Williams