Degrees Quote by William Gibson

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my…

— Jenny Offill

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.

— Orhan Pamuk

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.

— Vernor Vinge

Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer. All I ever wanted to be was a traveler and explorer. Science-fiction allowed…

— Alan Dean Foster

I can't be alone among fiction writers in regarding the world, so much weirder than anything we could make up, as beating us at…

— Lionel Shriver

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

When I was a child, there was very little money, so I've always been concerned for my financial security, which has meant that finding…

— Hilary Mantel

I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.

— Wally Lamb

I lay off a lot modern fiction and only rely on living writers for non-fiction work.

— Henry Rollins

Writing fiction is a resolutely solitary pastime, and I love being with people, so the public side of being an author is, to me,…

— Julia Glass

The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don't…

— Jim Woodring

“you can’t empathize, if you can’t or aren’t willing to put yourself into someone else’s place with all the compassion and insight you can…

— Joe Mynhardt