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Fiction Quotes

I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face Picture Quote #1

I was 12. Our, teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn’t very interesting. I began to make things up, and that’s when I thought maybe I was a writer, or at least a fiction writer Picture Quote #1

I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife Picture Quote #1

If you like to read, sometimes it’s interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination Picture Quote #1

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally Picture Quote #1

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction Picture Quote #1

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I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me Picture Quote #1

It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you’ll be labeled a political writer Picture Quote #1

I’m not a science fiction writer, I’m a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories Picture Quote #1

Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I’d written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12 Picture Quote #1

I read not for entertainment but to feel what the writer has felt while writing even though if it was fiction Picture Quote #1

The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time Picture Quote #1

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Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer’s head is mobbed with characters, images and language Picture Quote #1

Me, I have a science fiction writer’s conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real Picture Quote #1

As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work Picture Quote #1

Before the day my grandmother shared her treasured letters with me, I honestly wasn’t much of a fiction reader, let alone creative writer Picture Quote #1

There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made Picture Quote #1

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As a fiction writer, one of things you learn is God lives in specificity. You know, human kindness is increased as we pursue specificity Picture Quote #1

Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own Picture Quote #1

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I’ve always wanted to be a writer but I can’t seem to really do it Picture Quote #1

Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I’ve always been good at that Picture Quote #1

I think I’m too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know Picture Quote #1

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there Picture Quote #1

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Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction Picture Quote #1

I believe that I am some sort of fiction writer and I’m using myself in my work because I’m the person I’m most convenient to use! Picture Quote #1

It’s hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer Picture Quote #1

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a hobby, a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction Picture Quote #1

A writer’s obligation is to invent: to go beyond what did happen and to look at what could have happened but didn’t. Fiction writers are born liars Picture Quote #1

For every reader and writer of steampunk fiction, there are probably hundreds or thousands of other activists who gleefully embrace some non-written manifestation of the steampunk ethos Picture Quote #1

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I wanted nothing less than to be a fiction writer when I was a kid. If you had told me I would be an artist or novelist when I grew up, I would have laughed in your face. (Fiction Quotes) I was 12. Our, teacher made us write an autobiography and I realised that I wasn’t very interesting. I began to make things up, and that’s when I thought maybe I was a writer, or at least a fiction writer. (Fiction Quotes) I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly functionless capacity. We Humanists behave as well as we can, without any rewards or punishments in an Afterlife. (Fiction Quotes) If you like to read, sometimes it’s interesting just to go and see what the reality is, of the word, of the seedy or not so seedy fiction writer, the drunk or sober poet... Sometimes you can go looking for illumination. (Fiction Quotes) An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. (Fiction Quotes) I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction (Fiction Quotes) I read very widely, both non-fiction and fiction, so I don’t think there’s a single writer who influences me. (Fiction Quotes) It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you’ll be labeled a political writer. (Fiction Quotes) I’m not a science fiction writer, I’m a physicist. These are scientists who are making the future in their laboratories. (Fiction Quotes) Obviously not a Stephen King level writer, but I’d written short stories and short fiction, from the time I was 12. (Fiction Quotes) I read not for entertainment but to feel what the writer has felt while writing even though if it was fiction. (Fiction Quotes) The challenge for any fiction writer is that your job involves simply sitting at a desk for a very, very long time. (Fiction Quotes) Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer’s head is mobbed with characters, images and language. (Fiction Quotes) Me, I have a science fiction writer’s conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speak human, not the other way around. (Fiction Quotes) As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real. (Fiction Quotes) As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work. (Fiction Quotes) Before the day my grandmother shared her treasured letters with me, I honestly wasn’t much of a fiction reader, let alone creative writer. (Fiction Quotes) There can be nothing more humiliating for a writer of fiction to have to do than restate a case that has already been made. (Fiction Quotes) As a fiction writer, one of things you learn is God lives in specificity. You know, human kindness is increased as we pursue specificity. (Fiction Quotes) Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own. (Fiction Quotes) Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I’ve always wanted to be a writer but I can’t seem to really do it. (Fiction Quotes) Part of being a fiction writer is being able to imagine how someone else is thinking and feeling. I think I’ve always been good at that. (Fiction Quotes) I think I’m too lazy a writer to do something like historical fiction. You have to do so much research. I just write what I know. (Fiction Quotes) Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer’s role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. (Fiction Quotes) Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction. (Fiction Quotes) I believe that I am some sort of fiction writer and I’m using myself in my work because I’m the person I’m most convenient to use! (Fiction Quotes) It’s hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer. (Fiction Quotes) I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a hobby, a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction. (Fiction Quotes) A writer’s obligation is to invent: to go beyond what did happen and to look at what could have happened but didn’t. Fiction writers are born liars. (Fiction Quotes) For every reader and writer of steampunk fiction, there are probably hundreds or thousands of other activists who gleefully embrace some non-written manifestation of the steampunk ethos. (Fiction Quotes)

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