About Quote by Suzanne Collins

I disagree that we need to contemplate eliminating ourselves in order to move forward. Sure, I think a good dystopian story can serve to…

— Annalee Newitz

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy.

— Lois Lowry

'Dystopian,' by definition, promises a darker story.

— Lauren DeStefano

Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one's stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power…

— Anne Fortier

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

— Suzanne Collins

“The next time you feel yourself giving in to the sometimes overwhelming urge to panic about the fate of literature in the digital age,…

— Adam Hammond

In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology, psychoanalysis, and…

— Simone de Beauvoir

Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns…

— Barbara Kingsolver

It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

— Paul Di Filippo

“Though often scoffed at by “serious” writers, science fiction worms its way into our cultural psyche in interesting ways, and not just as predictors…

— Frank Daniels III

In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.'

— Jeff Vandermeer

Until recently we’ve only been able to speculate about story's persuasive effects. But over the last several decades psychology has begun a serious study…

— Jonathan Gottschall