“The beauty of science fiction is its open canvas. You can hypothesize about any element of the world. It doesn't have to be laser battles and things exploding, you can be JG Ballad and maybe just change one little thing about the real world and that becomes science fiction.” WorldLittlesRealFictionBattleElementsScience FictionLittle ThingsReal WorldCanvasBalladsExplodingLasers Author:Duncan Jones
“I have not much faith in women in fiction.... Women are so horribly subjective and they have such scorn for the healthy commonplace. When a woman writes a story of adventure, a stout sea tale, a manly battle yarn, anything without wine, women, and love, then I will begin to hope for something great from them, not before.” WritingStoriesWomenFictionSeaAdventureHealthyBattleAnd LoveWineTalesSubjectiveScornCommonplaceManlyStoutYarn Book:Willa Cather Source: Willa Cather
“I’ve starred in a lot of science fiction movies and, let me tell you something, climate change is not science fiction, this is a battle in the real world, it is impacting us right now.” WorldRealFictionRight NowBattleLet MeScience FictionClimateClimate ChangeReal WorldScience Fiction Movie Author:Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can't write a story.” IfsWritingFirstsStoriesFictionStreetsBattleEqualAccountsRateDemonstrationFactual Author:John Cheever
“Fiction. . . . It's like goading a mongoose and a cobra into battle and staying with them to see who wins.” WinningFictionBattleStayingCobrasMongoose Author:Shauna Singh Baldwin
“I like books that expose me to people unlike me and books that do battle against caricature or simplification. That, to me, is the heroic in fiction.” PeopleBookFictionBattleHeroicCaricaturesSimplification Author:Zadie Smith