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Fiction Quotes

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can’t talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful Picture Quote #1

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I’m not interested in writing as it becomes more personal Picture Quote #1

I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t Picture Quote #1

Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction Picture Quote #1

Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction... For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it Picture Quote #1

Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there Picture Quote #1

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To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention Picture Quote #1

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise Picture Quote #1

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what’s going to happen Picture Quote #1

I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth Picture Quote #1

I’ve said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense Picture Quote #1

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I’ve always had to invent a character who roughly has my background Picture Quote #1

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Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people’s minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it Picture Quote #1

Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire Picture Quote #1

The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny Picture Quote #1

Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves Picture Quote #1

If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome Picture Quote #1

Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others Picture Quote #1

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But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along Picture Quote #1

If you’re a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don’t censor, don’t control. Listen, and write Picture Quote #1

Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future Picture Quote #1

Y’know, we’re all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion! Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism Picture Quote #1

I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea Picture Quote #1

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Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction Picture Quote #1

Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe Picture Quote #1

I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative Picture Quote #1

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present Picture Quote #1

I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can’t talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful (Fiction Quotes) I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I’m not interested in writing as it becomes more personal (Fiction Quotes) I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t (Fiction Quotes) Political history is far too criminal and pathological to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villains from fiction (Fiction Quotes) Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction... For fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it (Fiction Quotes) Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there (Fiction Quotes) To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention (Fiction Quotes) Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise (Fiction Quotes) As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what’s going to happen (Fiction Quotes) I have always regarded historical fiction and fantasy as sisters under the skin, two genres separated at birth (Fiction Quotes) I’ve said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense (Fiction Quotes) Whenever I have had to write fiction, I’ve always had to invent a character who roughly has my background (Fiction Quotes) Any amount of theology can now be smuggled into people’s minds under the cover of fiction without their knowing it (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is a branch of neurology: the scenarios of nerve and blood vessels are the written mythologies of memory and desire (Fiction Quotes) The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny (Fiction Quotes) Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves (Fiction Quotes) If this were fiction, could even the most brilliant novelist contrive to make credible so short a period in which pride had been subdued and prejudice overcome (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is an illusion wrought with many small, conventionally symbolic marks, triggering visions in the minds of others (Fiction Quotes) But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along (Fiction Quotes) If you’re a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don’t censor, don’t control. Listen, and write (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction seldom attempts to predict the future. More often than not, it tries to prevent the future (Fiction Quotes) Y’know, we’re all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion! (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism (Fiction Quotes) I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world does change. I cannot overemphasize the importance of that idea (Fiction Quotes) Humans were denied the speech of animals. The only common ground of communication upon which dogs and men can get together is in fiction (Fiction Quotes) Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe (Fiction Quotes) I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative (Fiction Quotes) Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they’re both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present (Fiction Quotes) I think that black fiction authors have to work very hard to avoid being typed as seeking only a black audience (Fiction Quotes)

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