English fiction was something I loved growing up, and it changed my life - it changed the trajectory of my life.
I really love helping students and helping them empathize with people who lived a really long time ago. That's one of the highlights of working in fiction.
Morality is just a fiction used by the herd of inferior human beings to hold back the few superior men.
I think poets are much more dramatic, more theatrical than fiction writers.
Sometimes the truth is so bizarre and mind bending that it must be presented as fiction to be accepted. George Saunders The Bookseller
Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.
It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.
Remember, it’s called ‘character development’ for a reason – it takes time, patience and understanding to build a fictional person.
As a passionate writer, reader and fiction lover, I enjoy sharing recommendations and promoting the work of fellow authors.
The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
You can tell a more over-the-top incredible story if you use a nonfiction form.
Adolescents are still children in that they can't yet tell the difference between make believe and fiction.
People who are readers of fiction aren't particularly interested in comic books.
Right from the very beginning, I knew I wanted to write palpably Scottish fiction.
I think that writers of literary fiction would do well to read more books for children.
When you're playing a fictional character reacting to the real world, it's incredibly difficult and confusing and kind of messes with your values a bit.
Nonfiction requires enormous discipline. You construct the terms of your story, and then you stick to them.
Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.
'The New Yorker's fiction podcast I like a lot, where they have authors pick short stories by other authors that appeared in 'The New Yorker.'
I've said in many interviews that I like my fiction to be unpredictable. I like there to be considerable suspense.
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
