Fiction Quotes
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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
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I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale. And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what’s to come, so I think that’s really interesting.
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I liked 'Star Wars' as a kid. I liked science fiction.
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'The Wire' really drew on a lot of real-life situations and real-life organizations - it created fiction to make a social statement about reality.
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Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
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Occasionally I write a small piece or the odd lecture in English, and I teach in English, but my fiction is always written in German.
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I am careful about fiction. A novel is not a tract or an essay. If I want to write about land reforms, or Hindu-Muslim relations, or position of women, I can do it as it affects my characters as in 'A Suitable Boy.' I could only write about issues specifically through essays. But I'll do that only if I have something worthwhile to say.
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If utopian fiction became the new trend, I wouldn't read it.
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I'm a magpie in my fiction, taking whatever looks shiny and curious to line the nest of my story.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but to be hoped for.
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Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths.
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The pace of Swedish crime fiction is slower - Stieg Larsson's the exception. And I think we use the environment more.
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I tend to mostly take the day off from working on Sundays, but I do spend some time reading. Mostly what I'm picking up is what's in stores. I really do love to read fiction from the last year or two.
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Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.
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I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old.
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Becoming a tutor was among the many attractive post-collegiate side careers I failed to pursue while devoting the bulk of my days to writing fiction.
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Science fiction is what we point to when we say it.
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If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.
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I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.
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I'm not a great reader of historical fiction; it's not my favourite genre.
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Reality, if rightly interpreted, is grander than fiction.
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I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction.
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I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.
