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Fiction Quotes

Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction Picture Quote #1

A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning Picture Quote #1

If you look for me, I’m in the fiction section. Romance has its own section Picture Quote #1

Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life Picture Quote #1

I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life Picture Quote #1

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! Picture Quote #1

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To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language Picture Quote #1

Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level Picture Quote #1

The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense but one, that one sense being that in life as we know it such a man would not be a private detective Picture Quote #1

I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and observant and finally necessary he’ll become Picture Quote #1

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction Picture Quote #1

The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world Picture Quote #1

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I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections Picture Quote #1

For me it’s a remarkable thing that there is a prize celebrating and honouring and making for a brief moment short fiction the centre of the literary universe Picture Quote #1

There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is really fiction Picture Quote #1

When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That’s what I always find myself short on and what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live Picture Quote #1

I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don’t tell anybody what I’m doing. I’m living in my private world. And it’s a great sensation Picture Quote #1

Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t Picture Quote #1

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My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It’s just where they think it will do best in the bookshops Picture Quote #1

I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books Picture Quote #1

I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they’re the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters Picture Quote #1

Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life Picture Quote #1

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you’ll be labeled a political writer Picture Quote #1

I know I’m a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don’t think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind Picture Quote #1

I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist Picture Quote #1

In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don’t have that luxury Picture Quote #1

I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The same thing influences my fiction to some degree, because, you know, my fiction is often based on history that I’ve read Picture Quote #1

I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it’s a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific Picture Quote #1

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Great genius takes shape by contact with another great genius, but, less by assimilation than by fiction (Fiction Quotes) A fiction about soft or easy deaths is part of the mythology of most diseases that are not considered shameful or demeaning (Fiction Quotes) If you look for me, I’m in the fiction section. Romance has its own section (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life (Fiction Quotes) I also thought of playing improvisational jazz and I did take lessons for a while. At first I tried to write fiction by making up things that were completely alien to my life (Fiction Quotes) As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! (Fiction Quotes) To create a past that seemed authentic but would be a fiction, you need an invented language (Fiction Quotes) Quantum fiction is any story that witnesses life and the human experience on a subatomic level (Fiction Quotes) The private detective of fiction is a fantastic creation who acts and speaks like a real man. He can be completely realistic in every sense but one, that one sense being that in life as we know it such a man would not be a private detective (Fiction Quotes) I am not particularly distressed by the state of fiction or the role of the writer. The more marginal, perhaps ultimately the more trenchant and observant and finally necessary he’ll become (Fiction Quotes) The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction (Fiction Quotes) The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world (Fiction Quotes) I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections (Fiction Quotes) For me it’s a remarkable thing that there is a prize celebrating and honouring and making for a brief moment short fiction the centre of the literary universe (Fiction Quotes) There is a lot of scepticism today as to whether memoir is real. But when fiction is done at a certain level there is scepticism as to whether it is really fiction (Fiction Quotes) When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That’s what I always find myself short on and what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live (Fiction Quotes) I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don’t tell anybody what I’m doing. I’m living in my private world. And it’s a great sensation (Fiction Quotes) Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn’t (Fiction Quotes) My stuff gets published in some countries as fiction and in some countries as fantasy. It’s just where they think it will do best in the bookshops (Fiction Quotes) I read very, very little fiction as a kid. All the books I can remember are junior science books (Fiction Quotes) I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they’re the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters (Fiction Quotes) Good fiction creates empathy. A novel takes you somewhere and asks you to look through the eyes of another person, to live another life (Fiction Quotes) It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you’ll be labeled a political writer (Fiction Quotes) I know I’m a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don’t think I could successfully pull off being on a project like that without really losing my mind (Fiction Quotes) I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist (Fiction Quotes) In fiction, when you paint yourself into a corner, you can write a pair of suction cups onto the bottoms of your shoes and walk up the wall and out the skylight and see the sun breaking through the clouds. In nonfiction, you don’t have that luxury (Fiction Quotes) I did go through graduate school and I like to do research, to create something that has a certain objective solidity. The same thing influences my fiction to some degree, because, you know, my fiction is often based on history that I’ve read (Fiction Quotes) I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction (Fiction Quotes) I wouldn’t write about people who are living and who are close to me, because I think it’s a very violent thing to do to another person. And anytime I have done it, even in the disguise of fiction, the results have been horrific (Fiction Quotes)

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