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Fiction Quotes

I wrote a lot of fiction, but it was just college stuff. It seems to me you have to be so confident in yourself to become a writer Picture Quote #1

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life Picture Quote #1

I think that when you’re writing fiction what you’re doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how other people think, and the sort of confusions that you don’t normally like to admit to Picture Quote #1

One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and their parents. I definitely think that teens are a product of their parents. You either end up just like them or you consciously make the decision to be unlike them Picture Quote #1

I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another Picture Quote #1

I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn’t much of an escape. That’s not always true, but I don’t read much contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

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Before novels written by women were relegated to their own ‘genre,’ I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my awareness of what female authors were bringing to the table of contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up Picture Quote #1

I don’t like to read contemporary fiction while writing - I need a sense of isolation, a kind of silence, and I don’t want a jumble of other people’s voices or visions getting in my way. Nineteenth-century voices don’t create static in that silence Picture Quote #1

While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding Picture Quote #1

Most contemporary fiction sucks. It’s intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It’s cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really quite shallow Picture Quote #1

The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it’s also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

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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

Anyway I read more contemporary poetry than contemporary fiction so my mind goes first to a kind of crass conceptualism that repeats vanguard gestures of the past minus the politics and historical context Picture Quote #1

Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction Picture Quote #1

An elegantly crafted novel, The Reluctant First Lady clearly documents author Venita Ellick as an exceptionally accomplished writer able to skillfully weave memorable characters into a riveting story line from beginning to end. As engaging as it is entertaining, The Reluctant First Lady is highly recommended for both personal reading lists and community library contemporary fiction collections Picture Quote #1

I know I’m a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science Picture Quote #1

Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don’t watch TV Picture Quote #1

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All the pictures I do are contemporary. I’ve sort of discovered I haven’t really been into science fiction or period pictures. And so, in that vein, psychological thrillers play a big part Picture Quote #1

Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we’re living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to come out. Because they have to - the material demands it Picture Quote #1

Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting Picture Quote #1

For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster Picture Quote #1

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity Picture Quote #1

Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It’s very contemporary Picture Quote #1

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I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all Picture Quote #1

...Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk Picture Quote #1

When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you’re not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they’re driving the vehicle Picture Quote #1

With writing fiction, I’m either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I inhabit those characters as I’m writing them Picture Quote #1

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I’m having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books Picture Quote #1

If we’re talking about the science fiction or action genres, I’ve always tried when I could to do them in a way that’s not just cookie-cutter - that they bring something fresh or original to it, have some kind of ideas to it. I’ve been fortunate, in some sense, to do those kinds of movies that are unique Picture Quote #1

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I wrote a lot of fiction, but it was just college stuff. It seems to me you have to be so confident in yourself to become a writer. (Fiction Quotes) The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This is true in real life. (Fiction Quotes) I think that when you’re writing fiction what you’re doing is reflecting life as you see it, and putting down how you think and how other people think, and the sort of confusions that you don’t normally like to admit to. (Fiction Quotes) One of the things that I really like about young adult fiction is that you can explore the relationships between teens and their parents. I definitely think that teens are a product of their parents. You either end up just like them or you consciously make the decision to be unlike them. (Fiction Quotes) I am undependable. You might get gritty contemporary with one book, science fiction, magical realism, or high fantasy with another. (Fiction Quotes) I spend my life writing fiction, so reading fiction isn’t much of an escape. That’s not always true, but I don’t read much contemporary fiction. (Fiction Quotes) Before novels written by women were relegated to their own ‘genre,’ I was introduced to Jane Smiley by a dear professor who raised my awareness of what female authors were bringing to the table of contemporary fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I don’t know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up. (Fiction Quotes) I don’t like to read contemporary fiction while writing - I need a sense of isolation, a kind of silence, and I don’t want a jumble of other people’s voices or visions getting in my way. Nineteenth-century voices don’t create static in that silence. (Fiction Quotes) While I love to read contemporary fiction, I’m not drawn to writing it. Perhaps it’s because the former journalist in me is too inhibited by the press of reality; when I think about writing of my own time I always think about nonfiction narratives. Or perhaps it’s just that I find the present too confounding. (Fiction Quotes) Most contemporary fiction sucks. It’s intellectually dishonest, often morally dishonest. It’s cheap and easy. It pretends to be deep but is really quite shallow. (Fiction Quotes) The writing you allude to is a form of dissent, but it’s also expressive of the need to evolve beyond what is turgid and stale in contemporary fiction. (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) Anyway I read more contemporary poetry than contemporary fiction so my mind goes first to a kind of crass conceptualism that repeats vanguard gestures of the past minus the politics and historical context. (Fiction Quotes) Barack Obama is an elegant and literate man with a cosmopolitan sense of the world. He is widely read in philosophy, literature, and history - as befits a former law professor - and he has shown time and again a surprising interest in contemporary fiction. (Fiction Quotes) An elegantly crafted novel, The Reluctant First Lady clearly documents author Venita Ellick as an exceptionally accomplished writer able to skillfully weave memorable characters into a riveting story line from beginning to end. As engaging as it is entertaining, The Reluctant First Lady is highly recommended for both personal reading lists and community library contemporary fiction collections. (Fiction Quotes) I know I’m a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science. (Fiction Quotes) Contemporary fiction is the hardest for me because I am not really in the popular culture - I don’t watch TV. (Fiction Quotes) All the pictures I do are contemporary. I’ve sort of discovered I haven’t really been into science fiction or period pictures. And so, in that vein, psychological thrillers play a big part. (Fiction Quotes) Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we’re living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to come out. Because they have to - the material demands it. (Fiction Quotes) Obviously, I love to do both contemporary and historical fiction. When a hint of a story grabs me, I try to go with it to see where it will take me whatever the setting. (Fiction Quotes) For its speculations to be taken seriously, dystopian fiction must be part of a discussion of contemporary society, a projection of ongoing political failures perhaps, or the wringing of present jeopardy for future disaster. (Fiction Quotes) Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I’m attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity. (Fiction Quotes) Going back to the noir fiction of the 30s, 40s and 50s. It’s very contemporary. (Fiction Quotes) I read a ton of fiction - historical, contemporary, literary, commercial, I love it all (Fiction Quotes) ...Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk. (Fiction Quotes) When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you’re not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they’re driving the vehicle. (Fiction Quotes) With writing fiction, I’m either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I inhabit those characters as I’m writing them. (Fiction Quotes) In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I’m having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books. (Fiction Quotes) If we’re talking about the science fiction or action genres, I’ve always tried when I could to do them in a way that’s not just cookie-cutter - that they bring something fresh or original to it, have some kind of ideas to it. I’ve been fortunate, in some sense, to do those kinds of movies that are unique. (Fiction Quotes)

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