#fiction

Regrets are about decisions that you know you should have done different. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#life #paranormal-romance #life

There ain't no clean way to make a hundred million bucks.... Somewhere along the line guys got pushed to the wall, nice little businesses got the ground cut out from under them... Decent people lost their jobs.... Big money is big power and big power gets used wrong. It's the system. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#business

The pursuit of truth, not of facts, is the business of fiction. ↗

— Oakley Hall

#literature #philosophy #truth #business

The other raised his club and attacked L, who inexpliciably fell over on his back like an overturned frog. ↗

— Tsugumi Ohba

#humor #change

Fiction is just that–fiction. Yes, it is serious business, but it should also be taken for face value. It’s entertainment. It’s escapism. It’s 365 pages of relaxation. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#escapism #fiction #relaxation #business

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers. ↗

— Sheri S. Tepper

#fiction writers #long #only #people #science

Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. ↗

— Jimi Hendrix

#imagination #key #little #lyrics #painted

I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner. ↗

— Helena Christensen

#bizarre #completely #fictional #find #i

What I like about non-fiction is that it covers such a huge territory. The best non-fiction is also creative. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

#also #best #covers #creative #huge

I tend to prefer the shelter of fiction. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#i #prefer #shelter #tend