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In all fiction, when a man is faced with alternatives he chooses one at the expense of others.

In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off putting to the audience. There is always something familiar they can grab onto.

In a lot of writing or intellectual discourse we're starting to use that model: "Oh, this is where it comes from!" I would like to concentrate on work which is more resistant to that procedure, as I think fiction is.

In an infinite multiverse, there is no such thing as fiction.

In a science fiction movie, the first act is a little longer than it is in most movies because there is so much world building to do.

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that.

In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is

India, the new myth--a collective fiction in which anything was possible, a fable rivalled only by the two other mighty fantasies: money and God.

In economics, unlike fiction and the theater, there is no harm in a premature disclosure of the plot: it is to see the changes just mentioned and others as an interlocked whole.

In employing fiction to make truth clear and goodness attractive, we are only following the example which every Christian ought to propose to himself.

In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount.

In fiction, plenty do the job of conveying information, rousing suspense, painting characters, enabling them to speak. But only certain sentences breathe and shift about, like live matter in soil.

In fiction, the actions of a villain, even when unspeakable, can be cathartic to read about. They let us experience darkness, but add a safe remove.

I need fiction like you need to eat or exercise.

I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.

I never did write a biography, and I don't exactly know how to set about it; you see I have to be accurate and keep to the facts, a most difficult thing for a writer of fiction.

I never paid attention when people said, "That's gotta be poetry. That's gotta be fiction," except when I was in a graduate program, and you had to claim your genre.

I never really saw myself as writing science fiction anyway.

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing.

I never would have guessed I would be making science fiction and horror films.

In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

In fiction, you can be as true as you want. Real life is a different story.

In fantasy, impossible things exist. In science fiction, impossible things exist and can be understood by humans. In supernatural horror, impossible things exist and cannot live in peace with humans.

In fiction, conceptualizing, I've found, produces dull and over-controlled text.

In fiction, you have a rough idea what's coming up next - sometimes you even make a little outline - but in fact you don't know. Each day is a whole new - and for me, a very invigorating - experience.

In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies.

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.

In my early teens, science fiction and fantasy had an almost-total hold over my imagination. Their outcast status was part of their appeal.

In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.

In New York I was always so scared of saying that I wrote fiction. It just seemed like, 'Who am I to dare to do that thing here? The epicenter of publishing and writers?' I found all that very intimidating and avoided writing as a response.

In non-fiction you have to stay true to historical events, be they personal or national .

In other words, science tells us that Adam and Eve are fictions. That Saint Paul or Uncle Tom Cobley and all thought otherwise is irrelevant. They were wrong.

In other words, fiction is payback for those who have wronged you.

In Poland, my audience is all women between 18 and 30. At U.S. conventions, you have the fantasy and science fiction crowd. At Harvard you have an entirely different audience. It's so schizophrenic.

In reading, in literature and poetry, I found an artistic freedom that I didn't see at Woolworth's. I would read everything from Shakespeare to science fiction ... sometimes a book a day.

In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

In science-fiction films the monster should always be bigger than the leading lady.

In science fiction a fantastic event or development is considered rationally.

In science fiction, you can also test out your own realities.

In some ways truth is stranger than fiction.

In some ways all of my fiction is like a conversation I'm having with the writers I read when I was first falling in love with books.

In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it's vivid, I find that I care about it, and it's part of me.

In some ways, I think it's the closest that we come to the truth — is in the form of fiction.

In terms of stories I would buy for a science fiction magazine, if they take place in the future, that might do it.

In terms of fiction, I'd rather go out and have a good time than read a book about someone having a good or bad time.

In the 1950s, we had all these B-grade science-fiction movies. The point was to scare the public and get them to buy popcorn. No attempt was made to create movies that were somewhat inherent to the truth.

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

In the documentary the basic material has been created by God, whereas in the fiction film the director is a God; he must create life.

In the end, all worlds, whether they're set in the future or in New Jersey of today, are fictions. Sure, you don't got to do too much work to build a mundane world, but don't get it twisted: you still got to do some work.

In fiction writing, I would say there are several different strands that have been woven through my own writing, and each influenced by a different group of writers.