Quotes of: Fiction-writers Keyword

This is the fiction that I’m referring to as rhapsody, this stitching of mimetic representation, oneiric imagery, ludic rules, allegoric morals, satiric critique and diegetic story into complex quiltings of narrative.

Rhapsody: Notes on Strange Fictions

Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life; what we search for in fiction is not so much reality but the epiphany of truth.

Reading Lolita in Tehran

One woman is a tiny divine spark in a timeless sisterhood tapestry collective; All of us are Wild Women.

Soul Skin, spiritual fiction by; Jan Porter: a spirited shaman's journey

As we come into balance within ourselves and the all that is, we balance the past, future and our Earth.

Soul Skin, spiritual fiction by; Jan Porter: a spirited shaman's journey

Every healthy person at some period must feed on fiction as well as fact; because fact is a thing which the world gives to him, whereas fiction is a thing which he gives to the world.

The Spice of Life

We make fiction because we are fiction ... It lived us into being and it lives us still.

The Moment Under the Moment: Stories, a Libretto, Essays, and Sketches

A funny yet interesting read, Will Self knowa his stuff and must do a lot of deep research.

Liver: A Fictional Organ With a Surface Anatomy of Four Lobes

My first clue time travel could be possible was in the barber's chair the day before my girlfriend's funeral.

Masters of Time: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Time Travel Anthology

But nothing compared to the reality of the magnificent Light Storm of 2015, nothing, that is, except the almond shaped emerald eyes of his passenger.

Masters of Time: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Time Travel Anthology

They’re so brave," she said. "They’re all dead." "Only a coward would think of that," she said scornfully.

Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card

Among the many who fruitlessly attempted thoughout history to create a time machine, one individual actually succeeded. He was surprisingly not a human.

Strange Science Fiction and Fantasy Omnibus

Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It's about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life.

Shaping Things

Let me tell you something: you can not write good fiction about ideas. You can only write good fiction about people.

Sturgeon is Alive and Well

There is hope for you,’ said the Queen. ‘You believe you are my only hope, but, truthfully, I am yours.

Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances

Vanity's contribution to Fiction in general was an abundance of cheap labour and the occasional blockbuster, which was accepted into Fiction with an apologetic 'gosh, don't know how that happened'.

One of Our Thursdays Is Missing

Because of literature we can decipher, at least partially, the hieroglyphic that existence tends to be for the great majority of human beings.

In Praise of Reading and Fiction: The Nobel Lecture

We have to laugh. Because laughter, we already know, is the first evidence of freedom.

A Rosario Castellanos Reader: An Anthology of Her Poetry, Short Fiction, Essays and Drama

Soul mates, I've always believed in, so I accepted the truth there. But curses? That was extreme. There had to be a place where the line was drawn between fiction and reality, and a curse sounded way more on the fiction side of the spectrum.

Timeless

When a zashiki warashi came to live with you, good fortune smiled upon the whole house.

Tomo: Friendship through Fiction: An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories

Fiction is very, very important," he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new cultures and other lives through stories. Made-up stories. Fiction.

Wickedly Charming

Some people would rather that you die for their beliefs than that they re-examine those beliefs.

The Year's Best Science Fiction: Thirty-First Annual Collection