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Fiction Literature Quotes

Science fiction is the very literature of change Picture Quote #1

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature Picture Quote #1

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity Picture Quote #1

Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction Picture Quote #1

Popular fiction’s a strong and viable force in literature. That’s why it’s popular Picture Quote #1

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science Picture Quote #1

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There’s always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because they have a different dynamic Picture Quote #1

$I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that’s gone before that it’s sort of like a fractal. It’s gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you’re a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations Picture Quote #1$

I don’t really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature Picture Quote #1

Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction Picture Quote #1

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don’t get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is a unique literature. Science fiction is the first literature that says, ‘Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it’s going to be a lot different.’ Picture Quote #1

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My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat Picture Quote #1

I read anything I saw lying around. Pulp fiction, great literature and everything in between - I gave them all the same rough treatment Picture Quote #1

As often I have been a science fiction writer writing science fiction for the community of science fiction readers, I am also, for good or ill, an American writing American literature to an American audience. Most fundamentally, though, I am a human being writing human literature to a human audience Picture Quote #1

We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all deceitful.If we put it in a more proper manner, counting non-fiction works, then things like documents, reports, and reviews that are recorded are also deceitful.There’s nothing but deceit.Don’t believe in the for-sale literature Picture Quote #1

...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their ignorance and snobbery by lying and saying that when I write SF it isn’t SF, but to tell them more or less patiently for forty or fifty years that they are wrong to exclude SF and fantasy from literature, and proving my arguments by writing well Picture Quote #1

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[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings Picture Quote #1

It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth Picture Quote #1

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That’s why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog Picture Quote #1

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we’re not writing journalism when we’re making literature Picture Quote #1

I’ve spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it’s genre and therefore can’t be seen as literature Picture Quote #1

Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination Picture Quote #1

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The truth is, I can’t help the way people perceive anything, from the role of financial industry in the economic crisis, to the place of women’s fiction in the canon of modern literature, to the rank of mint chocolate chip ice cream as a favorite Baskin-Robbins flavor Picture Quote #1

Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit Picture Quote #1

With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature. I feel it is unnatural, not I think entirely because it uses a language that is not mine, however closely akin to my own Picture Quote #1

I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually Picture Quote #1

Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn’t be communal riots, everybody should love each other, there shouldn’t be boundaries or fundamentalism. But I think literature is more than that; these are political views which most of us hold anyway Picture Quote #1

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction is the very literature of change (Fiction Literature Quotes) I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature (Fiction Literature Quotes) Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity (Fiction Literature Quotes) Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction (Fiction Literature Quotes) Popular fiction’s a strong and viable force in literature. That’s why it’s popular. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science. (Fiction Literature Quotes) There’s always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because they have a different dynamic. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that’s gone before that it’s sort of like a fractal. It’s gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you’re a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I don’t really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature (Fiction Literature Quotes) Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don’t get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists. (Fiction Literature Quotes) Science fiction is a unique literature. Science fiction is the first literature that says, ‘Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it’s going to be a lot different.’ (Fiction Literature Quotes) My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. (Fiction Literature Quotes) Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat (Fiction Literature Quotes) I read anything I saw lying around. Pulp fiction, great literature and everything in between - I gave them all the same rough treatment. (Fiction Literature Quotes) As often I have been a science fiction writer writing science fiction for the community of science fiction readers, I am also, for good or ill, an American writing American literature to an American audience. Most fundamentally, though, I am a human being writing human literature to a human audience. (Fiction Literature Quotes) We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all deceitful.If we put it in a more proper manner, counting non-fiction works, then things like documents, reports, and reviews that are recorded are also deceitful.There’s nothing but deceit.Don’t believe in the for-sale literature. (Fiction Literature Quotes) ...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their ignorance and snobbery by lying and saying that when I write SF it isn’t SF, but to tell them more or less patiently for forty or fifty years that they are wrong to exclude SF and fantasy from literature, and proving my arguments by writing well. (Fiction Literature Quotes) [Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings. (Fiction Literature Quotes) It’s in literature that true life can be found. It’s under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. (Fiction Literature Quotes) Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That’s why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we’re not writing journalism when we’re making literature. (Fiction Literature Quotes) I’ve spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it’s genre and therefore can’t be seen as literature. (Fiction Literature Quotes) Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination. (Fiction Literature Quotes) The truth is, I can’t help the way people perceive anything, from the role of financial industry in the economic crisis, to the place of women’s fiction in the canon of modern literature, to the rank of mint chocolate chip ice cream as a favorite Baskin-Robbins flavor. (Fiction Literature Quotes) Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit (Fiction Literature Quotes) With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature. I feel it is unnatural, not I think entirely because it uses a language that is not mine, however closely akin to my own (Fiction Literature Quotes) I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually (Fiction Literature Quotes) Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn’t be communal riots, everybody should love each other, there shouldn’t be boundaries or fundamentalism. But I think literature is more than that; these are political views which most of us hold anyway (Fiction Literature Quotes) Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another (Fiction Literature Quotes)

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