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On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt."

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "When I'm not writing, I can't make sense of out anything. I feel the need to make some sense and find some order, and writing fiction is the only way I've found that seems to begin to do that."

When I'm not writing, I can't make sense of out anything. I feel the need to make some sense and find some order, and writing fiction is the only way I've found that seems to begin to do that.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it's not relating in prose what you've been doing for the last two or three years."

Writing fiction is an act of imagination and fantasizing, and it's not relating in prose what you've been doing for the last two or three years.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word."

Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written prose style is utterly unlike the spoken word.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being able to think about that."

Our minds simply don't function in some sort of narrative chronology. I think that one of the great gifts of writing fiction is being able to think about that.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me."

The best writing advice I ever got was "Keep moving forward, don't retreat into rewrites." The worst came from a book that said "Writing fiction is like telling lies," which just seems stupid to me.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold."

After writing fiction for so long, I like the discovery element of nonfiction, in the sense that when you find the right information, it feels like gold.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language."

Writing fiction is a solitary occupation but not really a lonely one. The writer's head is mobbed with characters, images and language.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction."

Expressing political opinion can be a powerful way to establish a character's voice when writing fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "For me, writing plays is far more an act of the mind than of the emotions. It's a very different kind of impulse than fiction writing."

For me, writing plays is far more an act of the mind than of the emotions. It's a very different kind of impulse than fiction writing.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "When you're writing fiction, you don't have notes necessarily. You don't carve it, it's not like a piece of sculpture, it's more like water color."

When you're writing fiction, you don't have notes necessarily. You don't carve it, it's not like a piece of sculpture, it's more like water color.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing."

The desire to confess ... lies at the root of most fiction writing.




On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject."

Nonfiction gives you subjects. Writing fiction I can have more fun, but I have to invent my subject.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I've always felt that the basic unit of writing fiction is the sentence, and the basic unit of the screenplay is the scene."

I've always felt that the basic unit of writing fiction is the sentence, and the basic unit of the screenplay is the scene.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form."

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters."

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "...writing fiction...is no job for intellectual cowards."

...writing fiction...is no job for intellectual cowards.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "You have to write fiction that mirrors the actual world, which has people of all sorts in it."

You have to write fiction that mirrors the actual world, which has people of all sorts in it.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way."

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science."

I know I'm a rare person, a trained scientist who writes fiction, because so few contemporary novelists engage with science.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing."

I, as the writer, can be very clear that I am writing a work of heightened fiction, as opposed to documenting horrible things that happen every day in the world. Which I have no interest in doing.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference."

Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story."

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story, but you have to make up the story.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think to write fiction, this is just how I see it, you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can't. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life."

I think to write fiction, this is just how I see it, you have to have a powerful need/desire to connect. I can't. Wanting to and not being able to has lead to a lot of misery in my life.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it."

When I read any book, if it's really good I get lost in the writing whether it's fiction or non-fiction. I'm in the story not thinking about who wrote it.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal."

That's why I write fiction, because I want to write these stories that people will read and find universal.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction."

They say that every writer, they write about himself, and I think that to a certain extent that is true. But also we are creators of fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage."

I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts."

I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too."

I like to read fiction best and I like to write fiction, too.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "And I do think that great fiction, even when it's comedic, has an urgency or an inevitability to it, a sense that the writer absolutely had to write this particular story in this way."

And I do think that great fiction, even when it's comedic, has an urgency or an inevitability to it, a sense that the writer absolutely had to write this particular story in this way.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction."

Topiary has always seemed like a good occupation, comparable in some ways to writing short fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe."

I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "That's the wonderful thing about writing, you can take things you haven't done properly in your own life and make it better in fiction."

That's the wonderful thing about writing, you can take things you haven't done properly in your own life and make it better in fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I don't think the function of writing, at least for me as a fiction writer, is to say to people, "Here's the answer." It's not an op-ed."

I don't think the function of writing, at least for me as a fiction writer, is to say to people, "Here's the answer." It's not an op-ed.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly."

Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage."

All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really."

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can’t be like any other author’s really.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the fiction, rather than make an argument or an assertion."

I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the fiction, rather than make an argument or an assertion.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction."

If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty."

As with all other aspects of fiction, the key to writing good dialogue is honesty.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful."

I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford."

I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas."

Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "That's the wonderful thing about drama and writing and fiction: it's this wonderful shared experience that we all have. We can see into each other's lives."

That's the wonderful thing about drama and writing and fiction: it's this wonderful shared experience that we all have. We can see into each other's lives.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background."

Whenever I have had to write fiction, I've always had to invent a character who roughly has my background.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it."

It is true that I didn't write any poetry between 1995 and 2011. The reason for this was probably because I had stayed away from fiction for so long and couldn't tear myself away from it.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "It is completely raw, the sort of thing I feel free to do with the door shut—it’s the story undressed, standing up in nothing but its socks and undershorts."

It is completely raw, the sort of thing I feel free to do with the door shut—it’s the story undressed, standing up in nothing but its socks and undershorts.



On Writing Fiction Quotes: "Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time."

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.