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Fiction Quotes

Muhammad introduced the concept of such Glorious and Omnipotent God in Whose eyes all worldly systems are pieces of straw. Islamic equality of mankind is no fiction as it is in Christianity. No human mind has ever thought of such total freedom as established by Muhammad Picture Quote #1

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren’t a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience Picture Quote #1

Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It’s been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it’s a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us Picture Quote #1

No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world’s affairs Picture Quote #1

I’m still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events Picture Quote #1

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001’ was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn’t quite work for me Picture Quote #1

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To think that humans evolved from lower species BUT the evolutionary process somehow came to a halt and we all arrived at the finish line simultaneously is to embrace a fiction possibly more implausible than Christianity Picture Quote #1

Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it’s more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions that should guide us Picture Quote #1

Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they’re going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently Picture Quote #1

God, how that stings! I’ve spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that’s just science fiction Picture Quote #1

I was very much inspired by the things that I’d seen and done in politics, but I was also desperate for a complete departure from the reality of my political experience. ‘It’s Classified’ and my previous book ‘Eighteen Acres’ are both works of fiction, but if they do seem realistic, it’s by design Picture Quote #1

To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I’m not interested in experiments for their own sake Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect Picture Quote #1

I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed by our biology and history. When an author is free to suspend the constraints, it’s tennis without a net Picture Quote #1

Extra dimensional theories are sometimes considered science fiction with equations. I think that’s a wrong attitude. I think extra dimensions are with us, they are with us to stay, and they entered physics a long time ago. They are not going to go away Picture Quote #1

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce Picture Quote #1

To her amazement, she realized that the way of life of these people was nothing more than an indeterminate fiction, casually knotted together at particular points that were used again and again. With four or five remarks, and a couple of facial expressions, she had mastered it with no problem at all Picture Quote #1

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms Picture Quote #1

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I adore [photography’s] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history Picture Quote #1

I’m writing books. They’re still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it’s an interesting place to work Picture Quote #1

Some people, when they’re called before the police, like nothing better than to spill everything, fact and fiction alike, hoping to create a good impression Picture Quote #1

I’ve always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that’s a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists Picture Quote #1

I’ve always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it’s Norman Mailer, or ‘The Short Timers,’ or ‘In Cold Blood.’ I’m a fan of that genre Picture Quote #1

There’s not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there Picture Quote #1

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I love the fact that it’s not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science Picture Quote #1

There’s a convention that books are mirrors of the real world, but our fact-obsessed age also wants fiction to be factually based and trustworthy Picture Quote #1

Fiction isn’t made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths Picture Quote #1

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain Picture Quote #1

Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously Picture Quote #1

I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction Picture Quote #1

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Muhammad introduced the concept of such Glorious and Omnipotent God in Whose eyes all worldly systems are pieces of straw. Islamic equality of mankind is no fiction as it is in Christianity. No human mind has ever thought of such total freedom as established by Muhammad. (Fiction Quotes) Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren’t a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience. (Fiction Quotes) Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It’s been at the heart of fiction from the start. Fiction offers both truth, and we know it’s a flat-out lie. Sometimes it drives a novelist mad. Sometimes it energizes us. (Fiction Quotes) No man ever freely surrendered a portion of his own liberty for the sake of the public good; such a chimera appears only in fiction. If it were possible, we would each prefer that the pacts binding others did not bind us; every man sees himself as the centre of all the world’s affairs. (Fiction Quotes) I’m still an old-school reporter at heart. Writing fiction satisfies my journalistic need to hear and relay the testimony of everyday people at the center of events. (Fiction Quotes) Stanley Kubrick’s 2001’ was the door that opened up the possibility of science fiction for me. Everything else up to then was fine, but didn’t quite work for me. (Fiction Quotes) To think that humans evolved from lower species BUT the evolutionary process somehow came to a halt and we all arrived at the finish line simultaneously is to embrace a fiction possibly more implausible than Christianity. (Fiction Quotes) Sci-fi is often a metaphor. I think it’s more the themes and questions that science fiction raises rather than the exact predictions that should guide us. (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be - a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if they’re going to change the world we live in, they - and all of us - have to be able to think about a world that works differently. (Fiction Quotes) God, how that stings! I’ve spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something that’s just science fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I was very much inspired by the things that I’d seen and done in politics, but I was also desperate for a complete departure from the reality of my political experience. ‘It’s Classified’ and my previous book ‘Eighteen Acres’ are both works of fiction, but if they do seem realistic, it’s by design. (Fiction Quotes) To me experimental fiction ultimately is about the experiment and I’m not interested in experiments for their own sake. (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect. (Fiction Quotes) I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed by our biology and history. When an author is free to suspend the constraints, it’s tennis without a net. (Fiction Quotes) Extra dimensional theories are sometimes considered science fiction with equations. I think that’s a wrong attitude. I think extra dimensions are with us, they are with us to stay, and they entered physics a long time ago. They are not going to go away. (Fiction Quotes) Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce. (Fiction Quotes) To her amazement, she realized that the way of life of these people was nothing more than an indeterminate fiction, casually knotted together at particular points that were used again and again. With four or five remarks, and a couple of facial expressions, she had mastered it with no problem at all. (Fiction Quotes) The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. (Fiction Quotes) I adore [photography’s] uneasy mix of fact and fiction - its dubious claim to truth - its status as history. (Fiction Quotes) I’m writing books. They’re still a mix of fact and fiction and will continue to be. I think it’s an interesting place to work. (Fiction Quotes) Some people, when they’re called before the police, like nothing better than to spill everything, fact and fiction alike, hoping to create a good impression. (Fiction Quotes) I’ve always played that edge of fact and fiction. I used to be a filmmaker, and certainly in film that’s a line that filmmakers cross more readily and more easily than novelists. (Fiction Quotes) I’ve always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it’s Norman Mailer, or ‘The Short Timers,’ or ‘In Cold Blood.’ I’m a fan of that genre. (Fiction Quotes) There’s not a strong autobiographical strain in my fiction. A few bits of fact here and there. (Fiction Quotes) I love the fact that it’s not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science. (Fiction Quotes) There’s a convention that books are mirrors of the real world, but our fact-obsessed age also wants fiction to be factually based and trustworthy. (Fiction Quotes) Fiction isn’t made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths. (Fiction Quotes) The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. (Fiction Quotes) Let it be fact, one feels, or let it be fiction; the imagination will not serve under two masters simultaneously. (Fiction Quotes) I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction. (Fiction Quotes)

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