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Fiction Writer Quotes

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic Picture Quote #1

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail Picture Quote #1

It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens Picture Quote #1

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors Picture Quote #1

Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity Picture Quote #1

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I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer Picture Quote #1

A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear Picture Quote #1

I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck Picture Quote #1

You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can’t pay our bills Picture Quote #1

I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers Picture Quote #1

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers Picture Quote #1

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I don’t write tracts, I write novels. I’m not a preacher, I’m a fiction writer Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything Picture Quote #1

A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic Picture Quote #1

They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction Picture Quote #1

What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence? Picture Quote #1

Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together Picture Quote #1

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people Picture Quote #1

Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one Picture Quote #1

The fiction writer is the ombudsman who argues our humble, dubious case in the halls of eternal record Picture Quote #1

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you Picture Quote #1

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not Picture Quote #1

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all Picture Quote #1

By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures 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

Being a fiction writer is really like being an actor, because if you’re going to write convincingly it has to sound right and play right. The only way that works is to emotionally and technically act out and see the scene you’re in. There’s no better job in the world, because when I sit down at that computer I’m the world’s best forensics expert, if that’s what I’m writing about that day. Or I’m some crazed psycho running down a dark alley. Or I’m a gorgeous woman looking to find a man that night. Whatever! But I’m all of those things, every day. How can you beat that? Picture Quote #1

As a writer one doesn’t belong anywhere. Fiction writers, I think, are even more outside the pale, necessarily on the edge of society. Because society and people are our meat, one really doesn’t belong in the midst of society. The great challenge in writing is always to find the universal in the local, the parochial. And to do that, one needs distance Picture Quote #1

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Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic (Fiction Writer Quotes) Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail (Fiction Writer Quotes) It's the technique, I think, of writing a novel that is difficult for a nonfiction writer (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens (Fiction Writer Quotes) The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors (Fiction Writer Quotes) Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity (Fiction Writer Quotes) I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer (Fiction Writer Quotes) A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear (Fiction Writer Quotes) I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck (Fiction Writer Quotes) You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can’t pay our bills (Fiction Writer Quotes) I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers (Fiction Writer Quotes) The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers (Fiction Writer Quotes) I don’t write tracts, I write novels. I’m not a preacher, I’m a fiction writer (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything (Fiction Writer Quotes) A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic (Fiction Writer Quotes) They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction (Fiction Writer Quotes) What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence? (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and two together (Fiction Writer Quotes) Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one (Fiction Writer Quotes) The fiction writer is the ombudsman who argues our humble, dubious case in the halls of eternal record (Fiction Writer Quotes) Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you (Fiction Writer Quotes) I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things (Fiction Writer Quotes) Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not (Fiction Writer Quotes) Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all (Fiction Writer Quotes) By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures (Fiction Writer 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 Writer Quotes) Being a fiction writer is really like being an actor, because if you’re going to write convincingly it has to sound right and play right. The only way that works is to emotionally and technically act out and see the scene you’re in. There’s no better job in the world, because when I sit down at that computer I’m the world’s best forensics expert, if that’s what I’m writing about that day. Or I’m some crazed psycho running down a dark alley. Or I’m a gorgeous woman looking to find a man that night. Whatever! But I’m all of those things, every day. How can you beat that? (Fiction Writer Quotes) As a writer one doesn’t belong anywhere. Fiction writers, I think, are even more outside the pale, necessarily on the edge of society. Because society and people are our meat, one really doesn’t belong in the midst of society. The great challenge in writing is always to find the universal in the local, the parochial. And to do that, one needs distance (Fiction Writer Quotes)

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