Books Quote by Stephen King

Writing is seduction.

— Stephen King

Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. If not so, why do so many couples who start the evening at dinner wind…

— Stephen King

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

— Wilkie Collins

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it.

— Etgar Keret

Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through the door…

— Mu Xin

What you create when you're teaching fiction writing is a kind of literary salon, not a social club or a mutual admiration society, not…

— John Dufresne

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters;…

— Penelope Lively

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it's…

— Ben Marcus

Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places.

— Robert Morgan

“A good fiction writer can write any character or any story that she wants to write. The importance, IMO, is a burning desire to…

— Suzanne Brockmann

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult