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Fiction Quotes

I think there’s nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas Picture Quote #1

I tend more towards what some people call literary science fiction, but what I mean by that is that it is full of interesting language, experimentation, and ideas Picture Quote #1

I don’t see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I’ve often taught the latter as the former), but then I also don’t see that much difference between art and poetry Picture Quote #1

It is true that I didn’t write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn’t tear myself away from it Picture Quote #1

In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form Picture Quote #1

It’s like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that’s what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I’ve always wanted to write a sister story Picture Quote #1

When I read any book, if it’s really good I get lost in the writing whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. I’m in the story not thinking about who wrote it Picture Quote #1

In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high Picture Quote #1

Does it strike you, Mr. Keller, that we live every day in the science fiction of our youth? Picture Quote #1

I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that’s so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures Picture Quote #1

Better to have a small role in God’s story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction Picture Quote #1

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The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms Picture Quote #1

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments Picture Quote #1

Fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification Picture Quote #1

The vast majority of fiction is written to markets and to this damnable business we have nowadays of categorizing everything Picture Quote #1

It’s always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It’s more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs Picture Quote #1

Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances Picture Quote #1

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This, I believe, is how the villain in modern fiction is born: a creature without compassion, without empathy Picture Quote #1

A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its scientific content Picture Quote #1

When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books Picture Quote #1

Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever Picture Quote #1

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised Picture Quote #1

Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously Picture Quote #1

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My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime Picture Quote #1

Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none Picture Quote #1

The difference between travel writing as fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows. Fiction is pure joy - how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction Picture Quote #1

Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a sense of momentum, of going someplace. You hear a snatch of Beethoven and it has a sense of momentum that is unmistakably his. That’s a nice quality if you can do it in fiction Picture Quote #1

The most popular American fiction seems to be about successful people who win, and good crime fiction typically does not explore that world. But honestly, if all crime fiction was quality fiction, it would be taken more seriously Picture Quote #1

I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One was to not have strong female protagonists. One was to envision the future, whatever it was, as America Picture Quote #1

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I think there’s nothing more wonderful than using fiction to reflect real-world cultural ideas (Fiction Quotes) I tend more towards what some people call literary science fiction, but what I mean by that is that it is full of interesting language, experimentation, and ideas (Fiction Quotes) I don’t see much difference between prose poems and flash fiction (I’ve often taught the latter as the former), but then I also don’t see that much difference between art and poetry (Fiction Quotes) It is true that I didn’t write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn’t tear myself away from it (Fiction Quotes) In the first 27 years of my life, I never had written a single non-technical word. I went to engineering college and went to business school. I never knew I could write fiction of any form (Fiction Quotes) It’s like that where these little anecdotes come through, and I guess that’s what I like about books like that [He Stopped Loving Her Today]. Fiction now is so experiential (Fiction Quotes) I’ve always loved sister stories in fiction, from the time I was little, reading about Beezus and Ramona. I’ve always wanted to write a sister story (Fiction Quotes) When I read any book, if it’s really good I get lost in the writing whether it’s fiction or non-fiction. I’m in the story not thinking about who wrote it (Fiction Quotes) In his 30 years of broadcasting and publishing fiction, Garrison Keillor has set the laugh bar pretty high (Fiction Quotes) Does it strike you, Mr. Keller, that we live every day in the science fiction of our youth? (Fiction Quotes) I think songwriters are more related to fiction writers. The Odyssey was a story in song. To me, that’s so beautiful, all those painted characters, all those travels and adventures (Fiction Quotes) Better to have a small role in God’s story than to cast yourself as the lead in your own fiction (Fiction Quotes) The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms (Fiction Quotes) One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments (Fiction Quotes) Fiction may be, whatever else, an exercise in the capacity for imaginative love, or sympathy, or identification (Fiction Quotes) The vast majority of fiction is written to markets and to this damnable business we have nowadays of categorizing everything (Fiction Quotes) It’s always a mixture of fiction and your own story. It’s more I recreate atmospheres and moods through songs (Fiction Quotes) Realism is to fiction what gravity is to walking: a confinement that allows dancing under the right circumstances (Fiction Quotes) This, I believe, is how the villain in modern fiction is born: a creature without compassion, without empathy (Fiction Quotes) A science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, that would not have happened at all without its scientific content (Fiction Quotes) When I was a teenager, I was a voracious reader of crime fiction, but only contemporary books (Fiction Quotes) Even a fiction film is hard to end. You can going on shooting and editing a documentary forever (Fiction Quotes) It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised (Fiction Quotes) Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously (Fiction Quotes) My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime (Fiction Quotes) Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none (Fiction Quotes) The difference between travel writing as fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows. Fiction is pure joy - how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction (Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is like music. You have to keep it moving. You can have slow movements but there has to be a sense of momentum, of going someplace. You hear a snatch of Beethoven and it has a sense of momentum that is unmistakably his. That’s a nice quality if you can do it in fiction (Fiction Quotes) The most popular American fiction seems to be about successful people who win, and good crime fiction typically does not explore that world. But honestly, if all crime fiction was quality fiction, it would be taken more seriously (Fiction Quotes) I had a list of things that science fiction, particularly American science fiction, to me seemed to do with tedious regularity. One was to not have strong female protagonists. One was to envision the future, whatever it was, as America (Fiction Quotes)

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