Quotes by Fiction The fiction writer has a lot of balls to juggle. Setting, pacing, dialogue, and so on. And let's not forget: plot. That was always a hard one for me. And I always had this spastic tendency to wrap up a story before I'd seen it the whole way through, a sort of writer's pre-ejaculatory tendency: "The End!" Cate Marvin balls plot fiction When fiction writers like my poems I feel like I've hit the jackpot. Cate Marvin jackpot feels fiction Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes. Chad Harbach different process fiction To the extent that I come from a deeply religious tradition and have been contending with those beginnings all of my life - that constitutes the subject of much of my early fiction. Chaim Potok tradition religious fiction A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end. Chaim Potok shapes writing fiction To be honest, Im not that much of a reader of Korean fiction, since so little is translated. Chang-Rae Lee honest littles fiction Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring. Charlaine Harris boring fiction interesting At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world. Charles Baxter knowing mean fiction Fiction is an improvement on life Charles Bukowski improvement fiction Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination. Charles Colson imagination writing fiction As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary. Charles de Lint differences people fiction I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story. Charles de Lint honesty lying fiction Plots are no more exhausted than men are. Every man is a new creation, and combinations are simply endless. Charles Dudley Warner plot men fiction There is more to be pondered in the grain and texture of life than traditional fiction allows. The work of essayists is vital precisely because it permits and encourages self-knowledge in a way that is less indirect than fiction, more open and speculative. Charles J. Shields texture self fiction Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard to keep the reader interested ...) Charles Stross writing fiction firsts I don't do flash fiction. Charles Stross flash fiction I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful. Charlie Brooker reading attention fiction Truth is not always injured by fiction. Charlotte Lennox truth-is literature fiction It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. Charlotte Lennox corruption important fiction I was looking to do something non-fiction because I had done a strip, 'My Mom Was a Schizophrenic.' I really enjoyed the process of doing that strip, despite its subject matter. To do it I'd had to do a lot of research and reading and I figured I'd like to do that again. Chester Brown mom reading fiction «56789101112131415»