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Fiction Quotes

My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer Picture Quote #1

Although I write dystopian fiction, I don’t believe in dystopian fantasies Picture Quote #1

It’s a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature Picture Quote #1

Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we’re trying very hard not to use the words ‘science fiction,’ because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes Picture Quote #1

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy Picture Quote #1

Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one’s stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force Picture Quote #1

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A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not Picture Quote #1

In my early 20s, connecting with fiction was a difficult process. There seemed to be little rhyme or reason to what was meaningful, what convinced, and what made sense Picture Quote #1

TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of the millennium was feeding my desire for fiction more than the books I was reading Picture Quote #1

The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write Picture Quote #1

Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars Picture Quote #1

I’d always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film Picture Quote #1

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Maybe the search for life shouldn’t restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more Picture Quote #1

It’s never really easy to be successful as a writer when you’re trying to write literary fiction. You’ve already limited your readership limited by that choice Picture Quote #1

Working with Joe [Kosinski], definitely. I loved working with Joe. For a guy who doesn’t really come from the fiction world - he comes from advertising and architecture - he’s extremely easy-going and very calm. He’s extremely detailed, but a very generous and fun director to work with. He really encouraged me to find the fun in the part and to have fun with it Picture Quote #1

To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you don’t imagine, it will never happen Picture Quote #1

I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction Picture Quote #1

Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns Picture Quote #1

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The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It’s not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I’ve had Picture Quote #1

We all know to feel sympathy for those who’ve suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up elicits an emotional response that the story itself very well may not earn. Energy generated by the fiction itself is likely to produce more light Picture Quote #1

It’s like fiction - the fact that somebody’s telling you a story about people who didn’t exist doesn’t make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind. You go through heavy emotional responses to these stories, and wrestling is a similar thing - but it’s happening in real space Picture Quote #1

I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn’t in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade Picture Quote #1

It is truly bracing and instructive to contemplate the End Times - at least at safe remove, in the pages of fiction - especially as the world beyond our hearths churns and convulses unknowably, yet perhaps just short of ultimate disaster Picture Quote #1

I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books are all science fiction, which has some similarities to YA Picture Quote #1

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I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science Picture Quote #1

Generally, I read nonfiction. There’s very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy Picture Quote #1

I’m 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons, and yet I also enjoy reading books about science, or the current fiction Picture Quote #1

I’m not writing great literature. I’m writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters Picture Quote #1

I don’t really want to write fiction at all. I don’t see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough Picture Quote #1

Everyone else thinks I’m a nonfiction writer. I think it’s because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself, and I get to make up the rules of the world that I’m writing Picture Quote #1

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My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer. (Fiction Quotes) Although I write dystopian fiction, I don’t believe in dystopian fantasies (Fiction Quotes) It’s a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. (Fiction Quotes) Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we’re trying very hard not to use the words ‘science fiction,’ because science fiction has those horrible connotations of rocket ships and bodacious babes. (Fiction Quotes) I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy. (Fiction Quotes) Within the realm of fiction, it is always tempting to set one’s stories in a dystopian future, where all our misgivings about state power can be shown in full force. (Fiction Quotes) A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. (Fiction Quotes) In my early 20s, connecting with fiction was a difficult process. There seemed to be little rhyme or reason to what was meaningful, what convinced, and what made sense. (Fiction Quotes) TV and film were always governing passions of mine, and that first wave of great HBO shows in the early years of the millennium was feeding my desire for fiction more than the books I was reading. (Fiction Quotes) The first fiction I ever wrote was short stories. I was writing short stories in my late teens and early twenties, and I think it’s how you teach yourself to write. (Fiction Quotes) Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars. (Fiction Quotes) I’d always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood Still, which I consider to be the classic science fiction film. (Fiction Quotes) Maybe the search for life shouldn’t restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more. (Fiction Quotes) It’s never really easy to be successful as a writer when you’re trying to write literary fiction. You’ve already limited your readership limited by that choice. (Fiction Quotes) Working with Joe [Kosinski], definitely. I loved working with Joe. For a guy who doesn’t really come from the fiction world - he comes from advertising and architecture - he’s extremely easy-going and very calm. He’s extremely detailed, but a very generous and fun director to work with. He really encouraged me to find the fun in the part and to have fun with it. (Fiction Quotes) To overcome poverty and the flaws of the economic crisis in our society, we need to envision our social life. We have to free our mind, imagine what has never happened before and write social fiction. We need to imagine things to make them happen. If you don’t imagine, it will never happen. (Fiction Quotes) I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction. (Fiction Quotes) Tokyo in the late 1960s seemed to be like one of the futures that science fiction presents. Here was the proto- super-technology of the future, electronically, robotically, blahblahblah, intercut with traditional Japanese cultural patterns, Shinto patterns. (Fiction Quotes) The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It’s not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I’ve had. (Fiction Quotes) We all know to feel sympathy for those who’ve suffered from drug addiction, child abuse, and terminal illness, so the set up elicits an emotional response that the story itself very well may not earn. Energy generated by the fiction itself is likely to produce more light. (Fiction Quotes) It’s like fiction - the fact that somebody’s telling you a story about people who didn’t exist doesn’t make the experience of the story any less real in your heart and mind. You go through heavy emotional responses to these stories, and wrestling is a similar thing - but it’s happening in real space. (Fiction Quotes) I was never forced to write. At least, I was never forced or even encouraged to write fiction. Creative writing wasn’t in the curriculum at my school when I was in sixth grade. (Fiction Quotes) It is truly bracing and instructive to contemplate the End Times - at least at safe remove, in the pages of fiction - especially as the world beyond our hearths churns and convulses unknowably, yet perhaps just short of ultimate disaster. (Fiction Quotes) I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books are all science fiction, which has some similarities to YA. (Fiction Quotes) I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science. (Fiction Quotes) Generally, I read nonfiction. There’s very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy. (Fiction Quotes) I’m 40 years old, and I still love watching Bugs Bunny slap the bull on the nose. I still watch those cartoons, and yet I also enjoy reading books about science, or the current fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I’m not writing great literature. I’m writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters. (Fiction Quotes) I don’t really want to write fiction at all. I don’t see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough. (Fiction Quotes) Everyone else thinks I’m a nonfiction writer. I think it’s because my nonfiction is easier to find. But I write both in equal measure. I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself, and I get to make up the rules of the world that I’m writing. (Fiction Quotes)

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