“Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedigree to be a successful author, the son of Hemingway or Fitzgerald.” WritingRealAgeYoungFictionCareersSuccessfulBloodSonYoung AgeFiction WritingPedigree Author:James Rollins
“When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one of those guys that we used to watch, you know, I watched Clockwork Orange at an age that was incredibly inappropriate, but he sat there with me and he explained what was going on and you know, I came to appreciate it even if I was terrified at the time.” IfsKnowsKidsAgeUsedGuyFictionWatchesDadAppreciateScience FictionMy DadSatTerrifiedOrangeInappropriateClockwork Author:Duncan Jones
“The cross is the centre of the world's history; the incarnation of Christ and the crucifiction of our Lord are the pivot round which all the events of the ages revolve. The testimony of Christ was the spirit of prophecy, and the growing power of Jesus is the spirit of history” WorldAgeSpiritJesusChristFictionLordGrowingEventsCrossesRoundsProphecyCentreTestimonyOur LordIncarnation Book:Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series Source: Sermons Preached in Manchester: First series
“'2001' was written in an age which now lies beyond one of the great divides in human history; we are sundered from it forever by the moment when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped out on to the Sea of Tranquility. Now history and fiction have become inexorably intertwined.” HumansMomentsAgeLyingFictionForeverWrittenSeaDividesTranquilityHuman HistoryBuzzArmstrongIntertwined Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“In, 1950, at the age, 19 I dropped out of St. George William College in Montreal, as it then was, and sailed for England on the Franconia. Foolishly, no arrogantly, believing I could put Canada and its picayune problems behind me, never dreaming it would become the raw material of most of my fiction and non-fiction. Or that I would care so deeply about its surviving intact.” BelieveProblemDreamCareAgeBehindsFictionCollegeMaterialsEnglandCanadaSurvivingNon FictionRaw MaterialsMontreal Author:Mordecai Richler
“I took the liberty in Snowboarding to Nirvana to do a type of parody of what I suppose you would call "New Age fiction."” AgeFictionLibertyTypeNew AgeRamaParodySnowboarding Author:Frederick Lenz
“I enjoy the writings of all of these authors and they have been very inspirational for me. But I think that it is important as writers of metaphysical, New Age, occult fiction and nonfiction to not take ourselves too seriously.” ThinkingWritingHas BeensImportantAgeEnjoyFictionNonfictionMetaphysicalNew AgeRamaOccultFiction And NonfictionVery Inspirational Author:Frederick Lenz
“My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.” CharacterAgeVoiceViewsFictionNovelCenturyEqualImportanceGoldenNarrativeExcellent19th CenturyGolden Age Author:Joanna Trollope
“We still leave unblotted in the leaves of our statute book, for the reverence and admiration of successive ages, the just and wholesome law which declares that the sturdy felon shall be fed and clothed, and that the penniless debtor shall be left to die of starvation and nakedness. This is no fiction.” StillsBookAgeLawDiesLeftFictionDebtFedsAdmirationReverenceStarvationStatutesSturdyDebtorsFelons Author:Charles Dickens
“Journalism only tells us what men are doing; it is fiction that tells us what they are thinking, and still more what they are feeling. If a new scientific theory finds the soul of a man in his dreams, at least it ought not to leave out his day-dreams. And all fiction is only a diary of day-dreams instead of days. And this profound preoccupation of men's minds with certain things always eventually has an effect even on the external expression of the age.” IfsThinkingMenMindStillsSoulFeelingsDreamAgeCertainFictionEffectsExpressionTheoryOughtProfoundJournalismDiariesPreoccupationScientific Theory Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists. Time travel is possible. For example, an object traveling at high speeds ages more slowly than a stationary object. This means that if you were to travel into outer space and return, moving close to light speed, you could travel thousands of years into the Earth's future.” IfsKnowsNeedsYearsMeanLightAgeTodayEarthMovingSpaceFictionExampleObjectsReturnHollywoodScience FictionSpeedMythTime TravelSpeculationPhysicistTheoreticalConfinedOuter SpaceHigh SpeedHollywood MoviesStationary Book:Time: A Traveler's Guide Source: Time: A Traveler's Guide
“In the 1970s and 1980s there was so little decent fiction for young people, but we're now in a golden age that shows no sign of fading. Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Lemony Snicket are only three of the best known among a good number of equals.” PeopleLittlesShowsAgeYoungThreeNumbersFictionKnownGoldenDecentFadingGolden AgePhilipSnicket Author:David Mitchell
“I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but one thing I know for certain, and have known since the age of five or six, is that I really can't stand the God of Abraham. In fact, I consider him to constitute the pattern to which every true asshole I have ever known in my life has pretty well conformed.” KnowsYearsMindWellsIdeasFactsAgeCertainReadingFictionKnownFiveTroubleOne ThingSixScience FictionPatternsConfusedDeitiesAbrahamVery True Author:Michael Chabon
“If I would had been born years earlier, I would have been in all the Westerns. It's just the way that the industry goes. But now, we are in an age of a lot of different kinds of fears, and you have the science fiction and horror genres doing our morality plays the same way that they would have done in Westerns. I absolutely accept it. In every respect, fantasy is like doing abstract paintings.” IfsWayYearsKindHas BeensDifferentDonePlayAgeBornFictionAcceptingFantasyPaintingIndustryMoralityHorrorScience FictionGenreAbstractDifferent KindsHorror GenreAbstract Painting Author:Lance Henriksen
“In high school, in 1956, at the age of sixteen, we were not taught "creative writing." We were taught literature and grammar. So no one ever told me I couldn't write both prose and poetry, and I started out writing all the things I still write: poetry, prose fiction - which took me longer to get published - and non-fiction prose.” WritingStillsAgeSchoolLiteratureFictionCreativeTaughtHigh SchoolProseGrammarCreative WritingNon FictionSixteenProse And Poetry Author:Margaret Atwood
“I love outsider stories. And I also like a lot of genre fiction, too. So I wanted to write a literary book that flirted with thriller and fantasy and even science fiction. I wanted the coming-of-age story and the love story to be about "outsiderdom" - one of the themes I am most interested in.” WritingBookStoriesAgeWantedFictionFantasyScience FictionLove StoryGenreThemeComing Of AgeOutsidersThrillers Author:Porochista Khakpour
“The tales are quite hard to remember and I found that going back to it between bouts of writing fiction, I was having to retrace my steps quite a lot, because the stories are very intricate and the material is elusive, and possibly with age, my memory is not as malleable as it used to be.” WritingHardStoriesAgeRememberUsedFoundMemoriesFictionStepsMaterialsTalesUsed To BeElusiveIntricateWriting Fiction Author:Marina Warner
“I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever way the process ran, I've been a fan of science and SF ever since.” WayAgeProcessFictionFansEightBoundariesRanBlurrySputnik Author:Edward M. Lerner
“From about the age of 15 or 16 I'd had the notion that I wanted to write fiction, and I'd done enough in college to satisfy myself that I had a knack for it - I wouldn't call it "talent" - though I wondered if I'd ever have the guts to actually commit to it.” IfsWritingDoneEnoughAgeWantedFictionTalentCollegeNotionCommitGutsKnack Author:Ben Fountain
“While the film [Hide and seek] is a work of fiction, I know many people, not just women, who have felt the way my character feels in the film, a certain kind of invisibility. I am grateful that my parents, Bev Umehara and Russell Chang, instilled a healthy sense of self-esteem in me from an early age.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsKindSelfCharacterAgeFilmCertainFeltParentFictionSelf EsteemHealthyGratefulEsteemSense Of SelfInvisibilityI Am GratefulHide And Seek Author:Garth Kravits