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Fiction Quotes

When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies Picture Quote #1

If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists Picture Quote #1

I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today Picture Quote #1

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam. And I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases Picture Quote #1

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives Picture Quote #1

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When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into Picture Quote #1

I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction Picture Quote #1

Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not Picture Quote #1

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say Picture Quote #1

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art Picture Quote #1

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No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant Picture Quote #1

I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue Picture Quote #1

Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy Picture Quote #1

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry Picture Quote #1

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too Picture Quote #1

You should study the Peerage, gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done Picture Quote #1

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I think the darker aspect of my fiction - or anybody's fiction - is by it's very nature somehow easier to talk about Picture Quote #1

So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out Picture Quote #1

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction Picture Quote #1

Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not. His influence on the dissident writers of the Soviet Uniton was enormous. Figures like Grossman or Solzhenitsyn, although their language is less elevated, were dominated by a Tolstoyan desire to use fiction to tell the truth of history Picture Quote #1

The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat Picture Quote #1

A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction Picture Quote #1

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Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether Picture Quote #1

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life Picture Quote #1

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all Picture Quote #1

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction Picture Quote #1

Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others Picture Quote #1

One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of all fiction Picture Quote #1

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When I'm not writing, I read loads of fiction, but I've been writing quite constantly lately so I've been reading a lot of nonfiction - philosophy, religion, science, history, social or cultural studies (Fiction Quotes) If you continually write and read yourself as a fiction, you can change what's crushing you (Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction has developed in me an abiding respect for the unknown in a human lifetime and a sense of where to look for the threads, how to follow, how to connect, find in the thick of the tangle what clear line persists (Fiction Quotes) I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well constructed and thoughtful and funny and have things to say about men and women and families and children and life in America today (Fiction Quotes) Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam. And I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases (Fiction Quotes) There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives (Fiction Quotes) When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have an adult fantasy list. They had science fiction lists, which they stuck a little bit of fantasy into (Fiction Quotes) I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction (Fiction Quotes) Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not (Fiction Quotes) Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art (Fiction Quotes) No one in my family was a reader of literary fiction. So, I didn't have encouragement, but I didn't have discouragement, because I don't think anybody knew what that meant (Fiction Quotes) I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I didn't speak any Russian. He didn't care whether I could understand what they were saying; he wanted me to make up dialogue (Fiction Quotes) Money doesn't mind if we say it's evil, it goes from strength to strength. It's a fiction, an addiction, and a tacit conspiracy (Fiction Quotes) I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry (Fiction Quotes) If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things turn out better than you thought they would - ought to be in there somewhere, too (Fiction Quotes) You should study the Peerage, gerald. It is the one book a young man about town should know thoroughly, and it is the best thing in fiction the English have ever done (Fiction Quotes) I think the darker aspect of my fiction - or anybody's fiction - is by it's very nature somehow easier to talk about (Fiction Quotes) So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be acceptable even. But I don't say that I consciously wrote with humour. Humour is a part of you that comes out (Fiction Quotes) I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction (Fiction Quotes) Everyone writes in Tolstoy's shadow, whether one feels oneself to be Tolstoyan or not. His influence on the dissident writers of the Soviet Uniton was enormous. Figures like Grossman or Solzhenitsyn, although their language is less elevated, were dominated by a Tolstoyan desire to use fiction to tell the truth of history (Fiction Quotes) The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat (Fiction Quotes) A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction (Fiction Quotes) Create a world in which these things do or do not exist, or in which they are extended in some way. Test reality against this fiction. The reader will recognize the world that you're talking about, even though it may be another one altogether (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life (Fiction Quotes) Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all (Fiction Quotes) Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction (Fiction Quotes) Each book, intuitively sensed and, in the case of fiction, intuitively worked out, stands on what has gone before, and grows out of it. I feel that at any stage of my literary career it could have been said that the last book contained all the others (Fiction Quotes) One moment of a man's life is a fact so stupendous as to take the luster out of all fiction (Fiction Quotes)

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