William H. Gass Quotes
If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.
William H. Gass
Quotes to Explore
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I'd love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction.
J. J. Abrams
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Australian genre films were a lot of fun because they were legitimate genre movies. They were real genre films, and they dealt, in a way like the Italians did, with the excess of genre, and that has been an influence on me.
Quentin Tarantino
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Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form.
Irwin Shaw
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Here's the thing, for me at least: this is a huge genre now. It wasn't always so. Not so many years ago, it wasn't so. There is a tremendous diversity in fantasy today.
R. A. Salvatore
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What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.
Pat Barker
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It is paramount that we take control of the story behind our movement, which is that we seek equality for all Americans, no matter their race or gender.
Eric Reid
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Contrary to all those times you've heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth.
Paul Harding
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To be able to see in concrete terms what was created in a fraction of a second is a rare luxury. Even though fixed in time, a photograph evokes as much feeling as that which comes from music or dance. Whatever the mode – from the snapshot to the decisive moment to multi-media montage – the intent and purpose of photography is to render in visual terms feelings and experiences that often elude the ability of words to describe. In any case, the eyes have it, and the imagination will always soar farther than was expected.
Ralph Gibson
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The main thing is, when you’re on the road a lot, it’s a different kind of lifestyle, and you have to get acclimatized to it.
James Stevenson
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If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.
William H. Gass
