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Fiction Quotes

But there’s the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It’s the basis of art. You engage with people who don’t exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives Picture Quote #1

The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author’s head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail Picture Quote #1

To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form Picture Quote #1

Maybe I’ll work for a label someday, write some fiction, nonfiction. Someday I’d like to go back to school and get my teaching degree. I want to be a grandpa. I want to have more kids Picture Quote #1

Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description Picture Quote #1

That’s the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some kind of artistic control Picture Quote #1

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Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people’s minds. It’s not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract Picture Quote #1

I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ Picture Quote #1

I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my childhood has had a capital F - it was assumed to be an American Future because America was the future. The Future was assumed to be inherently heroic, and a lot of other things, as well Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention Picture Quote #1

I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work Picture Quote #1

I’m terrible at reading fiction. I don’t have the attention span - it’s awful Picture Quote #1

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Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It’s one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it Picture Quote #1

There’s an awful lot of hanging around when you’re doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being told to go back to your dressing room while they change the track and the lighting and so on Picture Quote #1

I’m just interested in serialization in fiction. I’m fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I’m interested in ways to bring that back to fiction Picture Quote #1

I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I’ve always read poetry; I’ve always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically Picture Quote #1

The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say Picture Quote #1

I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that Picture Quote #1

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Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I’ll find that again if I keep going Picture Quote #1

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past Picture Quote #1

People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn’t help if you’ve got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, ‘This isn’t for me,’ and chuck it. I’m probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is Picture Quote #1

I feel like science fiction can get a bad rap sometimes because people make something just to throw an alien in it or just to make it weird, and it doesn’t really have a story Picture Quote #1

My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn’t mean they have no nasty side, or that they don’t have a bad temper, or that they have never done anything they feel ashamed of. But fiction operates on people waking up trying to be horrible, and I don’t think most people are trying to be horrible Picture Quote #1

In terms of fiction, I’d rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time Picture Quote #1

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The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, I go to Barnes and Noble with the sole intention of moving all copies of the bible to the fiction section Picture Quote #1

Whether in music or in fiction, the most basic thing is rhythm. Your style needs to have good, natural, steady rhythm, or people won’t keep reading your work Picture Quote #1

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings Picture Quote #1

Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative Picture Quote #1

Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure Picture Quote #1

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But there’s the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It’s the basis of art. You engage with people who don’t exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives. (Fiction Quotes) The world of fiction is a sovereign world that comes to life in the author’s head and follows the rules of art, of literature. And that is the major difference that is reflected in the form of the work, in its language and its plot. An author invents every aspect of a fiction, every detail. (Fiction Quotes) To be interested in short stories, you have to be interested in fiction as an art form (Fiction Quotes) Maybe I’ll work for a label someday, write some fiction, nonfiction. Someday I’d like to go back to school and get my teaching degree. I want to be a grandpa. I want to have more kids. (Fiction Quotes) Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description. (Fiction Quotes) That’s the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some kind of artistic control. (Fiction Quotes) Good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people’s minds. It’s not impossible. It has some sort of root in the abstract. (Fiction Quotes) I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ (Fiction Quotes) I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my childhood has had a capital F - it was assumed to be an American Future because America was the future. The Future was assumed to be inherently heroic, and a lot of other things, as well. (Fiction Quotes) It’s hard to read real fiction. It takes time. It takes a sustained attention. (Fiction Quotes) I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people work. (Fiction Quotes) I’m terrible at reading fiction. I don’t have the attention span - it’s awful. (Fiction Quotes) Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It’s one big novel told over five years with 110 different stories told within it. (Fiction Quotes) There’s an awful lot of hanging around when you’re doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being told to go back to your dressing room while they change the track and the lighting and so on. (Fiction Quotes) I’m just interested in serialization in fiction. I’m fascinated by it. I love the 19th-century novels. I’m interested in ways to bring that back to fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I come from a short fiction background, and my mom is a poet, so I’ve always read poetry; I’ve always had a lot of different influences both linguistically and musically. (Fiction Quotes) The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say. (Fiction Quotes) I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that. (Fiction Quotes) Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear, misheard words or lyrics, dreams... Motivation? The memory of the rush I get from a really good writing session - even on a bad day, I know I’ll find that again if I keep going. (Fiction Quotes) The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past. (Fiction Quotes) People are put off by the perception of science fiction, and it doesn’t help if you’ve got references to quantum this and quantum that on the first page, and people think, ‘This isn’t for me,’ and chuck it. I’m probably a pretty bad offender, given how far in the future some of my stuff is. (Fiction Quotes) I feel like science fiction can get a bad rap sometimes because people make something just to throw an alien in it or just to make it weird, and it doesn’t really have a story. (Fiction Quotes) My own belief is that most people are trying to do their best. It doesn’t mean they have no nasty side, or that they don’t have a bad temper, or that they have never done anything they feel ashamed of. But fiction operates on people waking up trying to be horrible, and I don’t think most people are trying to be horrible. (Fiction Quotes) In terms of fiction, I’d rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time. (Fiction Quotes) The possibility that terrorist groups could obtain weapons of mass destruction should not be dismissed as a fiction. This is a horrific threat the international community should take seriously. As long as these weapons exist, so, too, does the risk of their use - by accident or design. (Fiction Quotes) Sometimes, I go to Barnes and Noble with the sole intention of moving all copies of the bible to the fiction section. (Fiction Quotes) Whether in music or in fiction, the most basic thing is rhythm. Your style needs to have good, natural, steady rhythm, or people won’t keep reading your work. (Fiction Quotes) Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative (Fiction Quotes) Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure. (Fiction Quotes)

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