#fiction

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium. ↗

— Philip Guedalla

#bounded #definite #east #fiction #history

Curiously, anatomical reality in art was apparently a horrifying concept to the same men and women who lined up to see bodies at the morgue. ↗

— Deborah Davis

#art

Would it save you a lot of time if I just gave up and went mad now? ↗

— Douglas Adams

#humor #science-fiction #social-commentary #thumb #towel

Fiction writing is art. It therefore, has few mathematical or scientific limits to its evolution. The writer must always push forward, experiment, and strive to reach new levels of storytelling. Good fiction comments on reality, but transports the reader to a sensational world of wonder and interest that far outweighs tangible existence. ↗

— Ron Gavalik

#art

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority. ↗

— Peter Matthiessen

#distinguish #fiction #i #inferiority #nonfiction

Science Fiction will never run out of things to wonder about until the human race ceases to use its brain. ↗

— Julian May

#brain #ceases #fiction #human #human race

It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard the legend that the Venetians were half human, half beast.She knew that this could not be true, but in the swirling fog of this hellish city she almost believed it. The creatures seemed to stare at her down their warped noses from their blank and hollow eyes. And overlord of all was the winged lion - he was everywhere, watching from every plaque or pennant, ubiquitous and threatening. ↗

— Marina Fiorato

#bubonic-plague #historical-romance-fiction #medical-history #venice #architecture

I can't stop thinking about dying the way humans do it. Imagine! If at any moment, you could just stop existing. How different everything would be.." They don't stop existing Lenia said...They have souls that live forever. Even knowing that, they fight so hard to stay alive. I think it's so beautiful. Imagine: being that fragile, that permanent. ↗

— Carolyn Turgeon

#beauty

Never give up. Dare to Dream. Dare to believe. ↗

— Stacey T. Hunt

#author #awesome #believe #books #dare

The idea that I'm going to have to sit down to write some fiction where I'm going to have to think of a plot would really scare me, because it would come out a mess. ↗

— Tracey Emin

#come #down #fiction #going #i