#fiction

The present hardly exists, after all-it becomes the past even as it happens. A tricky medium, time - and central to the concerns of fiction. ↗

— Penelope Lively

#becomes #central #concerns #even #exists

Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens. ↗

— Ken MacLeod

#aware #big #fiction #how #leaving

I don't think the potential for comics in nonfiction has been exploited nearly as much as it could be. ↗

— Scott McCloud

#comics #could #exploited #i #much

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#best #best way #change #climate #climate change

My problem is that the audience is more fiction-literate than ever. In Shakespeare's day, you probably expected to see a play once or twice in your life; today you experience four or five different kinds of fiction every day. So staying ahead of the audience is impossible. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#audience #day #different #different kinds #ever

Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that. ↗

— Rick Moody

#bondage #facts #fiction #impotence #life

I was writing fiction, but not finishing fiction. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#finishing #i #writing

It may be far in the future, but there's some kind of logical way to get from where we are to where the science fiction is. ↗

— Elizabeth Moon

#fiction #future #get #kind #logical

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

— Elizabeth Moon

#books #character #fantasy #few #fiction

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

#anything #contend #i #i write #kind