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Fiction Quotes

I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you’re going to have this lone protagonist, they’re going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys Picture Quote #1

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that’s really cool Picture Quote #1

Because at bottom, I’m interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people’s heads Picture Quote #1

When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That’s what I always find myself short on and what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live Picture Quote #1

You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people find that daunting; I find it challenging Picture Quote #1

I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice as difficult as writing either history or fiction Picture Quote #1

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Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history Picture Quote #1

People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer’s creation Picture Quote #1

I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I’ve written fiction, but I couldn’t get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won’t buy it Picture Quote #1

I think that’s what fiction writing is actually all about. It’s about trying to solve problems in creative ways Picture Quote #1

A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems Picture Quote #1

The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family Picture Quote #1

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With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on Picture Quote #1

My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries Picture Quote #1

Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors Picture Quote #1

There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don’t recognise what I do is crime fiction Picture Quote #1

When I set out to write crime fiction, I didn’t think to myself, ‘I’m going to model myself on Agatha Christie’ or ‘I am going to be a crime writer in the Christie tradition’ Picture Quote #1

History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction Picture Quote #1

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I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I’ve always responded to that notion Picture Quote #1

I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I’m a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I’ll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I’ll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast Picture Quote #1

I’m sold as a literary writer in Holland; I’m sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature Picture Quote #1

And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants Picture Quote #1

I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don’t want to do it in my books Picture Quote #1

Arabs don’t do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic Picture Quote #1

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Anyone who says, ‘Books don’t change anything,’ or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look Picture Quote #1

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ or ‘The Lovely Bones;’ violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader Picture Quote #1

In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you’re from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way Picture Quote #1

One of the surprising things I hadn’t expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t have a problem with that Picture Quote #1

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It’s an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself Picture Quote #1

I’m snobby about books that aren’t crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there’s no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I’m like, ‘Gah, this obviously isn’t a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?’ Picture Quote #1

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I like animal sidekicks. They seem to be a pretty cool trope of post-apocalyptic fiction - just because if you’re going to have this lone protagonist, they’re going to need someone to talk to. Dogs are overused, and cats are dumb. So that leaves monkeys. (Fiction Quotes) I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that’s really cool. (Fiction Quotes) Because at bottom, I’m interested in fear, and in courage and cowardice and these are easier to get at through fiction, where you can enter people’s heads. (Fiction Quotes) When I write, what I long for is not more realism or fiction but more courage. That’s what I always find myself short on and what I have to struggle to achieve in order that the work might live. (Fiction Quotes) You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people find that daunting; I find it challenging. (Fiction Quotes) I like to do the research of history and the creativity of writing fiction. I am creating this thing which I think is twice as difficult as writing either history or fiction. (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history (Fiction Quotes) People like Jefferson, Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony and M. L. K. are larger than life to me. I find myself staring at photographs of Lincoln almost in disbelief that he was a man who walked the earth and not merely some fiction writer’s creation. (Fiction Quotes) I was a journalist, but I was starving. And I’ve written fiction, but I couldn’t get a publisher. So, I was basically a very frustrated creative person working in advertising, and even there, I have a great idea that client won’t buy it. (Fiction Quotes) I think that’s what fiction writing is actually all about. It’s about trying to solve problems in creative ways. (Fiction Quotes) A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems. (Fiction Quotes) The history of fiction is about family - an inexhaustible subject for literature. We are creatures driven by emotions that are on high display in intimate relations - inside the family. (Fiction Quotes) With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on (Fiction Quotes) My liking for Scandinavian crime fiction led me into exploring literary writers from the same countries. (Fiction Quotes) Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors. (Fiction Quotes) There is a very conservative element of crime writers that don’t recognise what I do is crime fiction. (Fiction Quotes) When I set out to write crime fiction, I didn’t think to myself, ‘I’m going to model myself on Agatha Christie’ or ‘I am going to be a crime writer in the Christie tradition’. (Fiction Quotes) History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I just really like the verve and muscle of good crime fiction, the narrative punch of it. The underlying principle of good crime fiction is an insistence on a kind of root democracy. I’ve always responded to that notion. (Fiction Quotes) I usually get up not before 9. I have a huge library - I’m a big fan of Scandinavian crime fiction - so I’ll usually take a book and go off to one of my favorite bistros for a cappuccino or espresso or maybe I’ll have some lovely smoked salmon for breakfast. (Fiction Quotes) I’m sold as a literary writer in Holland; I’m sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. (Fiction Quotes) And there are rules for crime fiction. Or if not rules, at least expectations and you have to give the audience what it wants. (Fiction Quotes) I get very tired of violence in crime fiction. Maybe it is what life is like, but I don’t want to do it in my books. (Fiction Quotes) Arabs don’t do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic. (Fiction Quotes) Anyone who says, ‘Books don’t change anything,’ or - more commonly - that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change - should take a closer look. (Fiction Quotes) I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ or ‘The Lovely Bones;’ violence is a way to open up that information you want to get out to the reader. (Fiction Quotes) In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you’re from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way. (Fiction Quotes) One of the surprising things I hadn’t expected when I decided to write crime fiction is how much you are expected to be out in front of the public. Some writers aren’t comfortable with that. I don’t have a problem with that. (Fiction Quotes) There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It’s an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself. (Fiction Quotes) I’m snobby about books that aren’t crime fiction: if I start reading a literary novel and there’s no mystery emerging in the first few pages, I’m like, ‘Gah, this obviously isn’t a proper book. Why would I want to carry on reading it?’ (Fiction Quotes)

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