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The problem is Jewish-American fiction that always ends with assimilation back into the community. — Joshua Cohen

But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures. — Anonymous

I felt empowered by him, as if his very existence manipulated the balance of my nature from a shy little girl to wonder woman. — Kellie Thacker

Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude. — Jonathan Franzen

It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. — Charlotte Lennox

Book is a nice companion — Leo Tolstoy

My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.' — Brian Aldiss

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil. — William Styron

The truth is always less interesting than the fiction. — Jean-Pierre Dardenne

Crime fiction is a way of satisfying that nosy need to know. — Sophie Hannah

As a rule reading fiction is as hard to me as trying to hit a target by hurling feathers at it. I need resistance to celebrate! — William James

It might be late September, but is was hot as the six shades of hell. — Charlaine Harris

Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction. — William Hazlitt

Life, like that water droplet, is everlasting and imperishable. There is only a transition, never an end ! — Rajib Mukherjee

Creativity is a commodity and derives its value only in how energy is spent. — Mary Deal

The only real purpose of time is to escort humanity in and out of this mortal coil in an orderly fashion. — Charles Stoll

One important idea I hope is reflected in 'The Poe Shadow' is that fiction can add as much to history as nonfiction does. — Matthew Pearl

Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges from it, but it's not fact. — Muriel Spark

Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived. — Agatha Christie

The loneliest place to spend eternity is your own life after you can't change it anymore.
Lucifer from Kevin — Bruce Jenvey

Sonetimes the hardest person to forgive is yourself. — Sarah Sundin

The only thing what happens in the Houses of Parliament is the debate about foxes, badgers and moles — Wayne Wignall

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss. — Alexander McCall Smith

Only occasionally do I read new fiction. Most of my reading is heavily dictated by what I'm writing at the time. — Simon Mawer

All remembrance of things past is fiction. — Ernest Hemingway,

Editing fiction is like using your fingers to untangle the hair of someone you love. — Stephanie Roberts

There is a real connection between Philosopy and fiction. — Ken Follett

Reality is in the business of killing off fiction. — Will Christopher Baer

I have to conclude that fiction is better at 'the truth' than a factual record, — Doris Lessing

I know have lived, so many times, that the only thing I have left to remember is my writing, cause every single moment in life it's already written. — Piroska Rodriguez

Remember, the most common thing about common sense is how uncommon it is. — Jason Jennings

Listening to Dad's guitar, halting yet lovely in the search for phrasing, I thought: Fair is whatever God wants to do. — Leif Enger

There is no fact that is not at least part fiction. — Marty Rubin

This is the real magic of fantasy fiction: it can feed souls and change lives. — David Gemmell

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty. — Stephen King

If humanity is annihilated because we were too busy squabbling with one another to manage a proper stand, we probably deserve the annihilation. — G.S. Jennsen

The price of coming from a small town is that everyone knows your story. Your book has been read, shelved, dusted, and re-read by everybody. — Brian Joyce

Ultimately, nobody is predictable, least of all to himself ... there wouldn't be any point in writing fiction otherwise. — Jincy Willett

Fiction has to be plausible. All history has to do is happen. — Harry Turtledove

In some ways, I think it's the closest that we come to the truth - is in the form of fiction. — Laila Lalami

The only thing altruism will get you here is a boot stomping on your head. — Henry Mosquera

This is more than an experience in the shadows of sleep. — Richard Bunning

I can be a woman on a mission. But I'll choose what mission that is. And that my friend is where youll see the results. — Kia Carrington-Russell

Nothing is deader than yesterday's science-fiction - and Verne belongs to the day before yesterday. — Arthur C. Clarke

In writing fiction, I can be free. I can use my life. The raw material is my experiences. — Miriam Toews

I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough. — Aaron Belz

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction. — China Mieville

Writing historical fiction is a legitimate use of Multiple Personality disorder. — Peggy Ullman Bell

Not everyone is meant to be a writer," Shyla said. "I do believe, however, that everyone has a story within them to be written. — Barbara Casey

Ax." Sadie is breathless as she caresses the angular lines of my face. "I love you so much. You're my whole world. You know that, right? — Siobhan Davis

Science fiction is an extension of science. — Len Wiseman

It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal. — Carol Ann Duffy

I will take a serious approach to a subject usually treated lightly, which is a nerdy thing to do. — Benjamin Nugent

Does it ever happen that a nice girl is a Lesbian?" she asked him shyly. — Ann Bannon

The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Nothing - and everything - about it is real. — Todd Strasser

This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another. — Swami Vivekananda

If the past is no longer present
is it fiction? — Natasha Tsakos

For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time. — Romesh Gunesekera

Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place. — Justin Alcala

What most people see is a badge, behind and beyond the badge is what they need to know...the person. — Donna Brown

The Bible may be an arresting and
poetic work of fiction, but it is not the sort of book you should give
your children to form their morals. — Richard Dawkins

The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all eternity.
- RJPeters — R.J. Peters

The worldview implied by literary fiction is complex and ambiguous, trying to be faithful to the complexity and ambiguity of life. — Nancy Kress

The fact that the site of narrative is an ideal topos disqualifies neither pornography nor science fiction from being literature. Such — Georges Bataille

Apparently, faith in life is one thing and faith in literature is another. — Gerald Weaver

The writing talent of Edinburgh is textured - we have poets, novelists, non-fiction writers, dramatists and more. — Sara Sheridan

I know, but it is a pleasant fiction, my dear, and the sheer impossibility of a quest is no reason to abandon it. — Graham McNeill

It would be easier to write a novel without reader input, but I feel the fiction is richer for it. — Piers Anthony

The boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion — Donna J. Haraway

My experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there. — Marion Dane Bauer

The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. — Mark Twain

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction. — Mark Twain

Key to all fiction, long or short, is to remember that the wolfman did not want the moon. — Ron Carlson

The empire long united must divide, long divided must unite; this is how it has always been. — Luo Guanzhong

Reading a non-fiction book is like a religious experience. — Rachel Perry

Murderer who lives in my building. His name is Dan Bevacqua. Hes a fiction writer. — Arda Collins

As every reader knows in his or her heart, there is much more to truth than mere fact. — Alison Croggon

All of fiction is truthful. What you create is your own truth and no one can take that away or change it. — Walter Dean Myers

Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade. — K. Hari Kumar

Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible. — Andrew Davidson

A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. — Iain Banks

Destiny is as it is. Nothing can change it. Accept it before it ruins you. — J.L. Sheppard

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised. — David Leavitt

She's dead. So is your fat pansy. You can be dead, too, if you want. — Richard Stark

Truth is stranger than fiction... — Mark Twain

Place colors everything; It is the thing by which I find my way in my fiction. — Ron Carlson

Pulp Fiction is a, uh, gritty, urban satire. Pump Friction is a uh-uh, a bunch of uh, dudes and ladies having dirty sex. — Norm MacDonald

Where there is great love there is great harmony of thought. — Wayne Gerard Trotman

A very important function of intelligence is the ability to premeditate. ~ Aarush Kashyap — Kirtida Gautam

Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty? — Isaac Asimov

Moriston House is really quite beautiful. No wonder everyone wants to be murdered here.
--Roberta "Bobbie" Aldridge — Jennifer A. Girardin

I think the highest purpose of fiction is to show that all people are fundamentally worthy of mercy. — Tom Bissell

In the end, the discipline of verification is what separates journalism from entertainment, propaganda, fiction, or art. — Bill Kovach

Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life. — Theodore Sturgeon

Between the sands of time is a multitude of truths untold. — Jason E. Royle

It has occurred to me more than once that holy boredom is good and sufficient reason for the invention of free will. — Frank Herbert

Power is a dangerous games — Victoria Aveyard

Though a modern woman's computer is more intimate than her bed ... — Elizaveta Mikhailichenko

When everything is said and done, the only thing that really matters is the quality of the soul you build during the life you're given. — Kayt C. Peck

The only thing better than a well-read book is a well-read book only read by yourself. — S.A. Tawks