#fiction

It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety because a lot of people just don't like me and I don't think they would be interested in reading about me, even in the fictional context. ↗

— Christopher Darden

#assume #because #been #context #easier

His theory was that non-fiction could be as artful as fiction. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#could #fiction #his #non-fiction #theory

I've seen a lot of the United States, having stayed in so many different cities and towns for work. It's such a strange and fascinating country, and instead of learning about it through a textbook, I would rather discover its history and traditions and institutions through fiction and nonfiction writers. ↗

— Hope Davis

#cities #country #different #discover #fascinating

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. ↗

— Richard Dawkins

#because #bible #culture #emphatically #fiction

Why is everything always my decision?" I asked. Because you will not tolerate anything else." Oh, I remembered now. "Great", I whispered. - Anita to Jean-Claude ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#anita-blake #fiction #hunter #jean-claude #paranormal

A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#dwell #faulkner #fiction #framework #geography

I quite enjoy science fiction. ↗

— Lexa Doig

#fiction #i #quite #science #science fiction

I do enjoy Gothic fiction or books about zombies if they are well written and I like vampires. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#books #enjoy #fiction #gothic #i

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did. ↗

— Roddy Doyle

#did #exam #fiction #growing #growing up

Science fiction is becoming more of a diverse kind of genre. ↗