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Fiction Quotes

I base the roles I choose depending on the characters. That’s just how I’m gonna run my career. So if it’s a good role I’m gonna take it whether it be fantasy, or whether it be realistic or fiction, anything Picture Quote #1

That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? Picture Quote #1

If you haven’t cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your’re writing fiction Picture Quote #1

I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement Picture Quote #1

We’ve been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like Picture Quote #1

I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author’s. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives Picture Quote #1

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I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don’t progress. People interact but don’t make contact Picture Quote #1

Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped shape reality, and I think human beings wouldn’t be human without narrative fiction Picture Quote #1

When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that’s the end. Here’s another who’s never going to write well again Picture Quote #1

First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I’m endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I’m interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It’s my kind of storytelling Picture Quote #1

Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that we are most tempted to lie. I know what he means, and I agree Picture Quote #1

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn’t like this saddle Picture Quote #1

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It’s interesting - I think superheroes get much more unfair derision. There are so many good superhero books being done. Science fiction is almost more reputable, I guess, at least a step up from poor superheroes Picture Quote #1

Wrote a science fiction novel about a man who wins an argument with his wife, but it was rejected for being too farfetched 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

Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority Picture Quote #1

I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don’t understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction Picture Quote #1

Floating Worlds,’ published in 1975 and the lone science fiction novel by acclaimed historical novelist Cecelia Holland, was unique in being completely devoid of the usual pulp influences present in much space opera up to that time Picture Quote #1

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In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There’s so much more freedom in fiction writing Picture Quote #1

Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being false, untrue, yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction Picture Quote #1

Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read Picture Quote #1

I try to use fiction in order to reduce the potentiality of something being true. We produce our own memories so I’m not sure of truth Picture Quote #1

The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you’re alive and you’re a human being Picture Quote #1

I’ve always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business Picture Quote #1

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I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that’s beyond the limits of my own personality Picture Quote #1

Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that’s brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers Picture Quote #1

Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility Picture Quote #1

My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn’t an aspiration of mine Picture Quote #1

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn’t Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is when we see into the future of our planet, fantasy is when we believe humanity will survive Picture Quote #1

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I base the roles I choose depending on the characters. That’s just how I’m gonna run my career. So if it’s a good role I’m gonna take it whether it be fantasy, or whether it be realistic or fiction, anything. (Fiction Quotes) That’s what fiction is about, isn’t it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence? (Fiction Quotes) If you haven’t cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your’re writing fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I grew up poor in crappy situations... various crappy situations. What kept me sane was reading and music. I had so many different literary tastes growing up, be it fiction like Stephen King or Piers Anthony or non-fiction like reading Hunter S. Thompson essays or reading the Beats. I was a huge fan of the Beat movement. (Fiction Quotes) We’ve been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the increasingly beautiful pictures made possible by complex technologies. But whilst we have an overwhelmingly vivid visual understanding of space, we have no sense of what space sounds like. (Fiction Quotes) I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author’s. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives. (Fiction Quotes) I read somewhere once that in the 1960s, fiction writers were troubled by the notion that life was becoming stranger and more sensational than made-up stories could ever hope to be. Our new problem - more profound, I think - is that life no longer resembles a story. Events intersect but don’t progress. People interact but don’t make contact. (Fiction Quotes) Children, I mean, think of your own childhood, how important the bedtime story was. How important these imaginary experiences were for you. They helped shape reality, and I think human beings wouldn’t be human without narrative fiction. (Fiction Quotes) When authors who write literary fiction begin to write screenplays, everybody assumes that’s the end. Here’s another who’s never going to write well again. (Fiction Quotes) First and foremost, I consider myself a storyteller. And I’m endlessly fascinated with people, with what they do and why... and how they feel about it. Which means I’m interested in romance fiction. I was drawn to it, as both a reader and a writer, at the very beginning of my career. It’s my kind of storytelling. (Fiction Quotes) Human lives seldom conform to the conventions of fiction. Chekhov says that it is in the beginnings and endings of stories that we are most tempted to lie. I know what he means, and I agree. (Fiction Quotes) James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn’t like this saddle. (Fiction Quotes) It’s interesting - I think superheroes get much more unfair derision. There are so many good superhero books being done. Science fiction is almost more reputable, I guess, at least a step up from poor superheroes. (Fiction Quotes) Wrote a science fiction novel about a man who wins an argument with his wife, but it was rejected for being too farfetched. (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) Nothing trains you better to write fiction than being really good at writing about your own interiority. (Fiction Quotes) I will never be one of the happy stupid that were born somewhere. This way of life is excellent for the imagination. It develops your paranoia. You feel paranoid when you don’t understand a country, and being paranoiac is excellent for fiction. (Fiction Quotes) Floating Worlds,’ published in 1975 and the lone science fiction novel by acclaimed historical novelist Cecelia Holland, was unique in being completely devoid of the usual pulp influences present in much space opera up to that time. (Fiction Quotes) In TV writing, I felt like Gulliver being tied down by the Lilliputians. There’s so much more freedom in fiction writing. (Fiction Quotes) Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being false, untrue, yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction. (Fiction Quotes) Issues to do with disability, mental health and not being neurotypical often affect many genuine teenagers but are rarely reflected in the fiction they read. (Fiction Quotes) I try to use fiction in order to reduce the potentiality of something being true. We produce our own memories so I’m not sure of truth. (Fiction Quotes) The character is a piece of fiction. You are yourself, however, and that makes you interesting, because you’re alive and you’re a human being. (Fiction Quotes) I’ve always thought of science fiction as being, at some level, a 19th-century business (Fiction Quotes) I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that’s beyond the limits of my own personality. (Fiction Quotes) Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that’s brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers. (Fiction Quotes) Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility (Fiction Quotes) My primary ambition is to be a fiction writer... Being a critic wasn’t an aspiration of mine. (Fiction Quotes) All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn’t. (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is when we see into the future of our planet, fantasy is when we believe humanity will survive. (Fiction Quotes)

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