“There are very real differences between science fiction and realistic fiction, between horror and fantasy, between romance and mystery. Differences in writing them, in reading them, in criticizing them. Vive les différences! They're what gives each genre its singular flavor and savor, its particular interest for the reader - and the writer.” GivingWritingRealRomanceReadingInterestDifferencesFictionFantasyMysteryParticularReaderHorrorScience FictionGenreCriticizeRealisticFlavorRealistic Fiction Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“Religion has no business to formulate social laws and insist on the difference between beings, because its aim and end is to obliterate all such fictions and monstrosities.” EndsLawReligionSocialDifferencesFictionAimMonstrosity Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“One of the primary differences for me between fiction and poetry is that fiction uses every sort of tool that poetry does but hides it much, much more. Fiction doesn't necessarily reveal what it's doing with rhythm and sound and patterning.” DoeUseSoundDifferencesFictionToolsRhythmPrimariesPoetry Is Author:Brian Evenson
“The difference between travel writing as fiction is the difference between recording what the eye sees and discovering what the imagination knows. Fiction is pure joy - how sad that I could not reinvent the trip as fiction.” KnowsWritingEyeJoyImaginationDifferencesFictionPureDiscoveringTravel WritingPure Joy Book:The Great Railway Bazaar Source: The Great Railway Bazaar
“I personally have a great deal of respect for readers. I have a great deal of respect for the human race. I think most people can tell the difference between fiction and fact. I think that the action of writing about something does not condone it. The best thing I can ever hope to do is provide good questions, and I think I do that. I hope I do.” PeopleThinkingWritingHumansDoeI CanFactsActionDifferencesDealsRaceFictionReaderBest ThingsHuman RaceGood Questions Author:Neil Gaiman
“You can tell within a sentence if something is fiction or non-fiction. You can tell in the artifice of the language or the care of the construction the difference between art and life.” IfsArtCareLanguageDifferencesFictionSentencesConstructionNon FictionArtificeArt And Life Author:Ethan Canin
“We exaggerate the difference between documentary and fiction. I think that on some level a fiction film is also a documentary on the actors. You can't wash away your life's history, which is written on your face, unless you get a facelift.” ThinkingFilmFacesActorsDifferencesLevelsFictionWrittenYour FaceDocumentariesFacelifts Author:Pirjo Honkasalo