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On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest."

I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth."

I didn't lie, I was writing fiction with my mouth.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction."

It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad."

I'm an ecumenical reader, grew up with all sorts of fiction, teach writing, went to the Iowa Writers' Workshop, so my tastes and interests are broad.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up to that moment, to explain why it happened or what caused it to follow."

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up to that moment, to explain why it happened or what caused it to follow.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction."

I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world"

When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections."

I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes."

At DePauw, I was teaching writing and fiction. The things I wanted to teach, more than anything else, were form and theory of the novel, of narrative. I liked those classes.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer."

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "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."

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.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I always say that writing non-fiction versus writing fiction is a bit like architecture versus abstract painting."

I always say that writing non-fiction versus writing fiction is a bit like architecture versus abstract painting.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction is fundamentally an irrational act."

Writing fiction is fundamentally an irrational act.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives."

Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I love writing fiction. It allows me to leave my existence and inhabit other lives.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Fiction writing feels more honest to me."

Fiction writing feels more honest to me.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview."

I don't think writing fiction has changed my worldview.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say the same thing."

My writing process is ritualized and monotonous, but there's no other way to get the job done. All other fiction writers I've met say the same thing.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wonderful can happen."

You can't be wrong in journalism. Take a wrong turn in journalism, and you are writing fiction. You can take a wrong turn in poetry, and something wonderful can happen.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "You write fiction, you're writing memoir, and when you're writing memoir, you're writing fiction."

You write fiction, you're writing memoir, and when you're writing memoir, you're writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime."

My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Fact-checking is so boring compared to writing fiction."

Fact-checking is so boring compared to writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write."

I have to have music as a soundtrack to writing fiction. I listen to it at other times, too, but it helps me write.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy."

Writing fiction, like reading fiction, is a practice in empathy.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it."

I love stories, but writing fiction is another craft and I don't feel as if I have it.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people."

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves."

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction."

It's much harder when you're writing about your life, than when you're writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!"

writing fiction is the best thing there is because absolutely everything is possible!



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not."

I sometimes get asked if I think about film stuff while I'm writing fiction, and the answer is, of course not.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Even when it comes to writing fiction, how do you encompass all this stuff that's right on the tip of your tongue? You have to fold that into what you're working on."

Even when it comes to writing fiction, how do you encompass all this stuff that's right on the tip of your tongue? You have to fold that into what you're working on.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life."

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing."

I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives."

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened."

Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "So much emotion goes into writing fiction."

So much emotion goes into writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative."

I was writing fiction steadily, but I found that the stark determinisms of code were a welcome relief from the ambiguities of literary narrative.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction."

It's kind of alarming for me to realize that, when I'm writing stories about times I remember, it's already historical fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "[Jack] Kerouac was writing fiction. What he did when he wrote about me...he made me out with Russian Countesses and Swiss accounts and other things I didn't have or didn't happen and so on."

[Jack] Kerouac was writing fiction. What he did when he wrote about me...he made me out with Russian Countesses and Swiss accounts and other things I didn't have or didn't happen and so on.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction."

I think I view myself primarily as a fiction writer. Poetry is more of a "hobby," a time of rest from the hard work of writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me a lot longer to figure out how to write a story."

I've been writing fiction as long as I've been writing poetry. It's just that the poetry took off, and it took me a lot longer to figure out how to write a story.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it."

I think fiction writers write what they do because no one else has written it and they want to read it.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction."

The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up."

Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're making literature."

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're making literature.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!"

Y'know, we're all wasting our time writing this hack science fiction! You wanta make real money, you gotta start a religion!



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "On Stranger Than Fiction, the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page."

On Stranger Than Fiction, the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision."

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!"

Much to my surprise, there's a sense for people in the cable industry that fiction writers might actually be good at script writing. You can write dialogue!



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any time in the history of the world."

Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any time in the history of the world.