#fiction

I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one. ↗

— Mark Haddon

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When I was writing for children, I was writing genre fiction. It was like making a good chair. It needed four legs of the same length, it had to be the right height and it had to be comfortable. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#children #comfortable #fiction #four #genre

I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up. ↗

— Jessica Hagedorn

#coming #concerning #contemporary #diverse #evolve

At 20, 25, 30, we begin to realise that the possibilities of escape are getting fewer. We have jobs, children, partners, debts. This is the part of us to which literary fiction speaks. ↗

— Mark Haddon

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As a kid, I didn't read a great deal of fiction, and I've forgotten most of what I did read. ↗

— Mark Haddon

#did #fiction #forgotten #great #great deal

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#especially #fantasy #fiction #horror #how

When I was younger I wanted to be a big movie star who'd get to be funny on talk shows and then I wanted to retire and write science fiction. ↗

— Scott Thompson

#big movie #fiction #funny #get #i

Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life there. However, as I began to research it more thoroughly, I found myself intrigued by the possibilities the world offers. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#began #challenges #create #environment #extremely

I woke with sweat beading across my forehead and my hands balled into fists clutching the sheet over my eyes. The dreams. They were back. Haunting me relentlessly. I thought they were gone... I should've known better. (Rayne) ↗

— Kimberly Brockman

#haunting #nightmares #paranormal-romance #young-adult-fiction #dreams

I value mothers and motherhood enormously. For every inattentive or abusive mother in my fiction I think you'll find a dozen or so who are neither. ↗

— William Trevor

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