#fiction

For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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You really have to soak up the culture of the people to get it right. If you're making a fiction film, it's entertainment, but you want it to be as real as possible. ↗

— Robert Duvall

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Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#literature #luxury #necessity

Go and you will see that nothing is as wonderful as our dreams can make it ↗

— Carolyn Turgeon

#dreams

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. ↗

— Mark Twain

#make #sense #stranger #than #truth

Before Truman, journalism and non-fiction weren't taken very seriously. ↗

— Gerald Clarke

#journalism #non-fiction #seriously #taken #truman

I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. ↗

— David Eddings

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Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly. ↗

— Alice Walker

#fly #freedom #someone #such #want

It was only when the giant got halfway down the incline that he suddenly, happily, burst into flame and continued his trip saying, "NO SURVIVORS, NO SURVIVORS!" in a manner that could only indicate deadly sincerity. It was seeing him happily burning and advancing that startled the Brute Squad to screaming. And once that happened, why, everybody panicked and ran... ↗

— William Goldman

#humor #humor

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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