Quotes on fiction

cry ‘fantasy escapist’ compared novel echo older cry novels ‘escapist’ — Tom Shippey, Road Middle-Earth: J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology

The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created A New Mythology Tom Shippey
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thought writing character male, forced portray a woman a man’s body. — Christopher Stocking

Christopher Stocking
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real Julian Wells didn’t die a cherry-red convertible, overdosing a hi — Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms

Bret Easton Ellis Imperial Bedrooms
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writing solid, instructive stuff fortified facts figures easy enough. — Stephen Leacock, Sunshine Sketches a Little Town

Stephen Leacock Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town
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Writing romantic fiction second chance loved ones denied us. — Shannon L. Alder

Shannon L. Alder
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along certain emotional tangents little book felt lived. a fiction pro — Michael Chabon, Wonder Boys

Michael Chabon Wonder Boys
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Fiction becomes visual becoming verbal — William H. Gass

William H. Gass
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held old-fashioned opinion primary object work fiction tell a story. — Wilkie Collins, Woman White

The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
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writer’s responsibility art. completely ruthless a good one. a dream. — William Faulkner

William Faulkner
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no excuse anyone write fiction public consumption unless called presen — Flannery O’Connor, Mystery Manners: Occasional Prose

Flannery O'Connor Manners: Occasional Prose Mystery
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