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Fiction Quotes

I’m not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot Picture Quote #1

I’m not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way Picture Quote #1

In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction Picture Quote #1

It’s always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal Picture Quote #1

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy Picture Quote #1

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great) Picture Quote #1

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The older I’ve got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry Picture Quote #1

There’s a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be ‘good,’ to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community Picture Quote #1

Science Fiction will never run out of things to wonder about until the human race ceases to use its brain Picture Quote #1

Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that Picture Quote #1

Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It’s a paradox that’s at the heart of any kind of #storytelling Picture Quote #1

It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have Picture Quote #1

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Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars Picture Quote #1

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi! Picture Quote #1

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens Picture Quote #1

To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction Picture Quote #1

There were probably, what, 300 science - fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years Picture Quote #1

One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey Picture Quote #1

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First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic Picture Quote #1

Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it’s fun Picture Quote #1

I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don’t want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way Picture Quote #1

What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world Picture Quote #1

I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me Picture Quote #1

That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things Picture Quote #1

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I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies Picture Quote #1

I get offered a lot of science fiction work and there is a new project in the pipeline called Master Race, set in World War II, but thats a little way off yet Picture Quote #1

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you’ll get a different answer Picture Quote #1

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your fac Picture Quote #1

No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it Picture Quote #1

Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over Picture Quote #1

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I’m not a great science fiction fan myself. I probably feel that way about Westerns. Like I used to play Cowboys and Indians, they can act out Will and the Robot (Fiction Quotes) I’m not so interested any more in how a great deal of science fiction goes. It goes into things like Star Wars and Star Trek which all go excellent in their own way (Fiction Quotes) In this choice, as I look back over more than half a century, I can only follow - and trust - the same sort of instinct that one follows in the art of fiction (Fiction Quotes) It’s always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal (Fiction Quotes) Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy (Fiction Quotes) Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great) (Fiction Quotes) The older I’ve got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry (Fiction Quotes) There’s a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be ‘good,’ to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community (Fiction Quotes) Science Fiction will never run out of things to wonder about until the human race ceases to use its brain (Fiction Quotes) Maybe the example of Southern fiction writing has been so powerful that Southern poets have sort of keyed themselves to that (Fiction Quotes) Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It’s a paradox that’s at the heart of any kind of #storytelling (Fiction Quotes) It seems that the fiction writer has a revolting attachment to the poor, for even when he writes about the rich, he is more concerned with what they lack than with what they have (Fiction Quotes) Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars (Fiction Quotes) I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi! (Fiction Quotes) When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens (Fiction Quotes) To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction (Fiction Quotes) There were probably, what, 300 science - fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that they were selling something every year, or every couple years (Fiction Quotes) One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey (Fiction Quotes) First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic (Fiction Quotes) Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker series also shows the potential of lighter fantastic fiction. I read the first, and listened to a tape of a later one, and it’s fun (Fiction Quotes) I do one Xanth novel a year, because at the moment that is all that publishers will accept; they don’t want any other type of fiction from me, so Xanth pays my way (Fiction Quotes) What you have to do is enter the fiction of America, enter America as fiction. It is, indeed, on this fictive basis that it dominates the world (Fiction Quotes) I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me (Fiction Quotes) That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things (Fiction Quotes) I think film had a terrible effect on horror fiction particularly in the 80s, with certain writers turning out stuff as slick and cliched as Hollywood movies (Fiction Quotes) I get offered a lot of science fiction work and there is a new project in the pipeline called Master Race, set in World War II, but thats a little way off yet (Fiction Quotes) My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you’ll get a different answer (Fiction Quotes) I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your fac (Fiction Quotes) No one ever got into science fiction for the sex or prestige. They got into it because they love it (Fiction Quotes) Once you’re imagining being the main character, and you’re having the conversations and actually being there, the magic in fiction writing takes over (Fiction Quotes)

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