Quotes of: Fiction-writers Keyword

I think Junior is certainly a science fiction premise as is Twins, as is Dave, beyond Ghostbusters.

Ivan Reitman

Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy.

Jean M. Auel

I had never seen much of Star Trek, or any other science fiction, before I was cast. But Seven's wonderful.

Jeri Ryan

Science fiction is filled with Martians and space travel to other planets, and things like that.

Margaret Atwood

I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist.

Moby

Science fiction and comedy are generally a pretty bumpy mix.

Matt Groening

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

Nigel Kneale

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

Rudy Rucker

I have never been a critic of science fiction as a whole.

Robert Sheckley

I'm a big fan of historical fiction stuff. Historical battles - 'Gladiators,' 'The Patriot.'

Andrew Luck

Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Brian W. Aldiss

...the pleasures of literary fiction are the pleasures of orientation; the pleasures of literature are the pleasures of bewilderment.

Life

Years ago, when I was about to go on a book tour for , my editor at the time and I sat down to figure out what to call what I was writing for the interviews that were to come. Terri came up with the term mythic fiction and I think that sums it up per...

Charles de Lint

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

Ernest Hemingway

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

Ernest Hemingway

Once you realize that the imagination is non-fiction, the world is yours

Darkness Left Undone

The people knew what had made them human. It was not their shortcomings, but their hearts.

Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.

Ira Glass

I'm an avid reader. Novels, non-fiction, comics, it doesn't matter. Best way in the world to feed your head.

Reid Scott

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

Peter Matthiessen

Fiction is harder for me than nonfiction - more gratifying, as a result, when it succeeds.

Rick Bass