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Fiction Quotes

After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors Picture Quote #1

The truth is, I can’t help the way people perceive anything, from the role of financial industry in the economic crisis, to the place of women’s fiction in the canon of modern literature, to the rank of mint chocolate chip ice cream as a favorite Baskin-Robbins flavor Picture Quote #1

From a gameplay standpoint, I’ve said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that’s really what I’m interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are Picture Quote #1

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They’re totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point Picture Quote #1

But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along Picture Quote #1

I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people’s lives apart Picture Quote #1

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As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics, ethics, aesthetics on any level, art...it’s just total! It’s a complete commitment to the whole human race on all the Earth. That’s what science fiction is about Picture Quote #1

The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it’s not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I’ve met, and think they’re incredibly witty, inventive - there’s a lot of poetry there Picture Quote #1

I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I’m kind of a dork Picture Quote #1

Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction Picture Quote #1

The truth is, poverty’s the environment for alcoholism, and the reservations aren’t rich. Maybe cleaning people up in fiction is just as dangerous as presenting them unfiltered Picture Quote #1

The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- A Clockwork Orange Resucked intro to first full American version 1986 Picture Quote #1

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That’s the harm of Close Encounters: that it convinces tens of millions that that’s what just science fiction is Picture Quote #1

Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological states and the symbolic knowledge encoded within the collective unconscious; things, events and conditions that are otherwise too diffuse and/or complex to be completely digested or appreciated by the prevailing culture Picture Quote #1

I didn’t have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college Picture Quote #1

Watchmen’ is not only the greatest comic ever written, it’s a really important work of fiction Picture Quote #1

I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I’m a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It’s the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds Picture Quote #1

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I vividly remember my first ‘Superman’ comic, which my granddad bought me when I was about 7. From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper Picture Quote #1

If you record the world honestly, there’s no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn’t get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included Picture Quote #1

The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows Picture Quote #1

Why not take a science fiction comic and put the characters in a small town to gain their particular perspective? A lot of that comes from me growing up in a small town on a farm, so that’s what I know and what I’m comfortable with. My drawing style is also very sparse and minimalist, so a rural setting complements that Picture Quote #1

Politics is a matter of human transaction. I consider absolutely everything political, because all fiction involves relationships between people, and relationships between people always include matters of power, of equity, of communication Picture Quote #1

The problem is Jewish-American fiction that always ends with assimilation back into the community Picture Quote #1

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Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with Picture Quote #1

I’m always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even Picture Quote #1

I think teaching keeps me honest because if I’m up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer - it’s a good and humbling reminder Picture Quote #1

As a science fiction fan, I had always assumed that when computers supplemented our intelligence, it would be because we outsourced some of our memory to them. We would ask questions, and our machines would give oracular - or supremely practical - replies Picture Quote #1

I’ve seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You’ll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas Picture Quote #1

When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren’t necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill Picture Quote #1

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After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of speech. I set up the publishing company in Hong Kong, with offices in Shenzhen in mainland China, and managed to publish works of fiction, philosophy, and politics by unapproved authors. (Fiction Quotes) The truth is, I can’t help the way people perceive anything, from the role of financial industry in the economic crisis, to the place of women’s fiction in the canon of modern literature, to the rank of mint chocolate chip ice cream as a favorite Baskin-Robbins flavor. (Fiction Quotes) From a gameplay standpoint, I’ve said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that’s really what I’m interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are. (Fiction Quotes) There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They’re totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point. (Fiction Quotes) But maybe happiness isn’t in the choosing. Maybe it’s in the fiction, in the pretending: that wherever we have ended up is where we intended to be all along. (Fiction Quotes) I want to see Christian fiction speak to the hard and real issues that tear people’s lives apart. (Fiction Quotes) As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning, transportation, politics, ethics, aesthetics on any level, art...it’s just total! It’s a complete commitment to the whole human race on all the Earth. That’s what science fiction is about. (Fiction Quotes) The middle class is doing fine in fiction. But it’s not what gets me going. I love the working class, and everyone from it I’ve met, and think they’re incredibly witty, inventive - there’s a lot of poetry there. (Fiction Quotes) I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I’m kind of a dork. (Fiction Quotes) Richard Dawkins’s The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction (Fiction Quotes) The truth is, poverty’s the environment for alcoholism, and the reservations aren’t rich. Maybe cleaning people up in fiction is just as dangerous as presenting them unfiltered. (Fiction Quotes) The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- A Clockwork Orange Resucked intro to first full American version 1986 (Fiction Quotes) That’s the harm of Close Encounters: that it convinces tens of millions that that’s what just science fiction is. (Fiction Quotes) Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological states and the symbolic knowledge encoded within the collective unconscious; things, events and conditions that are otherwise too diffuse and/or complex to be completely digested or appreciated by the prevailing culture. (Fiction Quotes) I didn’t have any particular talent for fiction. I took a class in college. (Fiction Quotes) You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - ‘Avatar,’ I’m looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling. (Fiction Quotes) Watchmen’ is not only the greatest comic ever written, it’s a really important work of fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I’m a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise. It’s the stuff that I love writing about. I like creating worlds. (Fiction Quotes) I vividly remember my first ‘Superman’ comic, which my granddad bought me when I was about 7. From that point on, all I wanted to do is draw comics. And specifically, superhero and science fiction comics. Basically I used to copy comic books, and draw my own comics on scrap paper. (Fiction Quotes) If you record the world honestly, there’s no way people can stop being funny. A lot of fiction writing doesn’t get that idea, as if to acknowledge it would trivialize the story or trivialize human nature, when in fact human nature is reduced and falsified if the comic aspects are not included. (Fiction Quotes) The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con - and there are always a lot of attendants of color. And I think some people believe that black people or people of color are not into science fiction or hero shows or genre shows. (Fiction Quotes) Why not take a science fiction comic and put the characters in a small town to gain their particular perspective? A lot of that comes from me growing up in a small town on a farm, so that’s what I know and what I’m comfortable with. My drawing style is also very sparse and minimalist, so a rural setting complements that. (Fiction Quotes) Politics is a matter of human transaction. I consider absolutely everything political, because all fiction involves relationships between people, and relationships between people always include matters of power, of equity, of communication. (Fiction Quotes) The problem is Jewish-American fiction that always ends with assimilation back into the community (Fiction Quotes) Reading and discovering fiction has taught me how to empathise, understand falling in love and all those complex relationships that people have to deal with. (Fiction Quotes) I’m always looking for complicated characters in fiction about whom I can feel a dozen feelings at once - in the space of a single paragraph, even. (Fiction Quotes) I think teaching keeps me honest because if I’m up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer - it’s a good and humbling reminder. (Fiction Quotes) As a science fiction fan, I had always assumed that when computers supplemented our intelligence, it would be because we outsourced some of our memory to them. We would ask questions, and our machines would give oracular - or supremely practical - replies. (Fiction Quotes) I’ve seen descriptions of advanced TV systems in which a simulation of reality is computer-controlled; the TV viewer of the future will wear a special helmet. You’ll no longer be an external spectator to fiction created by others, but an active participant in your own fantasies/dramas. (Fiction Quotes) When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren’t necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill. (Fiction Quotes)

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