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There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

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I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with. ↗

— William Least Heat-Moon

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To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

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I think the thing is with a movie that has this much science fiction in it; you need characters who are more science fact, if you know what I mean, than they are human. ↗

— Joe Morton

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I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things. ↗

— Walter Mosley

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I am not a fan of historical fiction that is sloppy in its research or is dishonest about the real history. ↗

— Kate Mosse

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I know how fiction matters to me, because if I want to express myself, I have to make up a story. Some people call it imagination. To me, it's not imagination. It's just a way of watching. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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Most near-future fictions are boring. It's always dark and always raining, and people are so unhappy. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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One thing I think is least realistic is that there were five people that made decisions in the fictional 'West Wing.' In real life, there are about five million people that weigh in. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

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All the great novels, all the great films, all the great dramas are fictions that actually tell us the truth about us or about human nature or about human situations without being tied into the minutia of documentary events. Otherwise we might as well just make documentaries. ↗

— Jeremy Northam

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