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Fiction Quotes (page 21)

David Mamet quote: "It’s not a lie. It’s a gift for fiction."
It’s not a lie. It’s a gift for fiction. David Mamet
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he..."
In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others. Jorge Luis Borges
At best you can hold death at bay, you can pretend it isn't there; but to deny it totally is a sickness. And I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems, and, perversely perhaps, to enjoy a vicarious confrontation with them. Clive Barker
I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass. Jim Harrison
I love the detail about the workings of the human heart and mind that only fiction can provide - film can't get in close enough. Nick Hornby
Eudora Welty quote: "Human life is fiction's only theme."
Human life is fiction's only theme. Eudora Welty
If fiction and politics ever really do become interchangeable, I'm going to kill myself, because I won't know what else to do Stephen King
The choice of the point(s) of view from which the story is told is arguably the most important single decision that the novelist has to make, for it fundamentally affects the way readers will respond, emotionally and morally, to the fictional characters and their actions. The story of an adultery, for instance - any adultery - will affect us differently according to whether it is presented primarily from the point of view of the unfaithful person, or the injured spouse, or the lover - or as... David Lodge
Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works when it’s good, not why it doesn’t when it’s bad. Stephen King
It is almost impossible to write fiction about the Mormons, for the reason that Mormon institutions and Mormon society are so peculiar that they call for constant explanation. Wallace Stegner
Mr. Franzen said he and Mr. Wallace, over years of letters and conversations about the ethical role of the novelist, had come to the joint conclusion that the purpose of writing fiction was “a way out of loneliness.” (NY Times article on the memorial service of David Foster Wallace.) Jonathan Franzen
The 21st chapter gives the novel the quality of genuine fiction, an art founded on the principle that human beings change. ----- "A Clockwork Orange Resucked" intro to first full American version 1986 Anthony Burgess
There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book. Philip Pullman
David Foster Wallace quote: "Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the..."
Good fiction’s job is to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. David Foster Wallace
Neil Gaiman quote: "There are people who think that things that happen in fiction..."
There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong. Neil Gaiman

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