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Fiction Quotes

I think to write fiction you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can’t. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life Picture Quote #1

When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views Picture Quote #1

The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850 Picture Quote #1

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there’s no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I’ve met say the same thing Picture Quote #1

I consider myself an essayist and a fiction writer. In the essays, I certainly have been influenced by some of the leading science essayists. Like Loren Eiseley, Stephen Jay Gould, Lewis Thomas Picture Quote #1

In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers Picture Quote #1

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There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can’t experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion Picture Quote #1

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing Picture Quote #1

I like to think - knowing that it’s an enabling fiction - of those moments as fragments from a world to come, a world where price isn’t the only measure of value Picture Quote #1

I think the anti-intellectualism of a lot of contemporary fiction is a kind of despairing of literature’s ability to be anything more than perfectly bound blog posts or transcribed sitcoms Picture Quote #1

I’ve been building a fiction in part around the Marfa poem since my brief residency there, which has kept it from receding into the past Picture Quote #1

I wasn’t aware I’d write the novel when I wrote the New Yorker story either. And the narration of their construction in 10:04 is fiction, however flickering Picture Quote #1

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I’m defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre Picture Quote #1

The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don’t know about, and what I don’t know about is the everyday, normal world Picture Quote #1

I believe that I am some sort of fiction writer and I’m using myself in my work because I’m the person I’m most convenient to use Picture Quote #1

People want movies to be one thing or another; they want it be fact or fiction Picture Quote #1

I can’t relax when I’m watching a biographical drama, because it’s so close to what it is that I do that I just long for more fiction - so that I can switch off Picture Quote #1

This is probably the single great subject of horror fiction: our need to cope with a mystery that can be understood only with the aid of a helpful imagination Picture Quote #1

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I think a lot of people who read fiction are interested in subtlety. But they wouldn’t like my stuff. It’s a bit too violent for many tastes Picture Quote #1

I’m not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I’m 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that’s what fiction is, and should be Picture Quote #1

I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought Picture Quote #1

Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety Picture Quote #1

There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family Picture Quote #1

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I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do Picture Quote #1

Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it Picture Quote #1

I think it’s hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication Picture Quote #1

Underneath the forms of fiction and poetry, you can bet your ass the ground comes from someone’s actual life experience Picture Quote #1

Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person’s life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don’t quite see or live the distinction you are making about the forms Picture Quote #1

I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person’s life Picture Quote #1

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I think to write fiction you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can’t. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life (Fiction Quotes) When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views (Fiction Quotes) The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850 (Fiction Quotes) My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there’s no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I’ve met say the same thing (Fiction Quotes) I consider myself an essayist and a fiction writer. In the essays, I certainly have been influenced by some of the leading science essayists. Like Loren Eiseley, Stephen Jay Gould, Lewis Thomas (Fiction Quotes) In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers (Fiction Quotes) There is a set of balances and rhythms to a novel that we can’t experience in real life. So I think there is a sense in which fiction can rescue history from confusion (Fiction Quotes) I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing (Fiction Quotes) I like to think - knowing that it’s an enabling fiction - of those moments as fragments from a world to come, a world where price isn’t the only measure of value (Fiction Quotes) I think the anti-intellectualism of a lot of contemporary fiction is a kind of despairing of literature’s ability to be anything more than perfectly bound blog posts or transcribed sitcoms (Fiction Quotes) I’ve been building a fiction in part around the Marfa poem since my brief residency there, which has kept it from receding into the past (Fiction Quotes) I wasn’t aware I’d write the novel when I wrote the New Yorker story either. And the narration of their construction in 10:04 is fiction, however flickering (Fiction Quotes) I’m defending fiction as a human capacity more than as a popular or dying literary genre (Fiction Quotes) The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don’t know about, and what I don’t know about is the everyday, normal world (Fiction Quotes) I believe that I am some sort of fiction writer and I’m using myself in my work because I’m the person I’m most convenient to use (Fiction Quotes) People want movies to be one thing or another; they want it be fact or fiction (Fiction Quotes) I can’t relax when I’m watching a biographical drama, because it’s so close to what it is that I do that I just long for more fiction - so that I can switch off (Fiction Quotes) This is probably the single great subject of horror fiction: our need to cope with a mystery that can be understood only with the aid of a helpful imagination (Fiction Quotes) I think a lot of people who read fiction are interested in subtlety. But they wouldn’t like my stuff. It’s a bit too violent for many tastes (Fiction Quotes) I’m not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I’m 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that’s what fiction is, and should be (Fiction Quotes) I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought (Fiction Quotes) Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety (Fiction Quotes) There was a price to be paid for being interested in fiction and in writing, pushing my family away. Books and authors became my family (Fiction Quotes) I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do (Fiction Quotes) Writing is very castrating in the moment. Fiction in general, it has no function, nobody asks for it (Fiction Quotes) I think it’s hard to write a book about happiness because fiction requires tension and complication (Fiction Quotes) Underneath the forms of fiction and poetry, you can bet your ass the ground comes from someone’s actual life experience (Fiction Quotes) Fiction and poetry expose intimate things from a person’s life every bit as much as memoir does, and sometimes more. I don’t quite see or live the distinction you are making about the forms (Fiction Quotes) I would never never read a work of fiction and want to know about the person’s life (Fiction Quotes)

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