“A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters, as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.” CharacterFictionNovelFateFailingExerciseConcernedMereNarrativeInteriorsAdaptationDecorationInconvenientGreat Novels Author:Richard Schickel
“That’s the problem with fiction — or the charm, if you want. Even mediocre plots have a way of sinking their hooks into you, until you find yourself concerned for the fates of characters who aren’t even fully convincing.” IfsWayWantCharacterProblemFictionFateConcernedCharmPlotFinding YourselfMediocreHookConvincingSinking Author:Charles McGrath
“The genius is not in how much Stanley Kubrick does in “2001: A Space Odyssey,'' but in how little. This is the work of an artist so sublimely confident that he doesn't include a single shot simply to keep our attention. He reduces each scene to its essence, and leaves it on screen long enough for us to contemplate it, to inhabit it in our imaginations. Alone among science-fiction movies, “2001'' is not concerned with thrilling us, but with inspiring our awe.” LittlesLongDoeEnoughArtistImaginationSpaceAttentionFictionGeniusSceneShotsConcernedEssenceScience FictionScreensAweContemplatingThrillingStanleyOdysseyScience Fiction MovieSpace Odyssey2001 A Space Odyssey Book:33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials Source: 33 Movies to Restore Your Faith in Humanity: Ebert's Essentials
“There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.” FictionConcernedDivisionNonfictionBookshelvesFiction And Nonfiction Author:Arundhati Roy
“Most readers of historical fiction are content to just get caught up in a good story, and that is what I want to do as an author. I am not concerned with people knowing exactly what I made up and what is real.” PeopleWantMadeRealStoriesFictionKnowingReaderConcernedHistoricalCaughtHistorical FictionCaught UpGood Story Author:Melanie Benjamin
“I'm not a sociologist, and the novel has often concerned itself with sociology. It's one of the generating forces that's made fiction interesting to people. But that's not my concern. I'm interested in psychology. And also certain philosophical questions about the world.” PeopleWorldMadeCertainForceInterestingFictionNovelPsychologyConcernConcernedPhilosophicalSociologySociologistsPhilosophical Questions Author:Jonathan Lethem
“[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings.” HumansLiteratureSocialHuman BeingsFictionConcernedImpactScience FictionBranchesSocial Science Author:Isaac Asimov
“We should absolutely be concerned with ethical questions - to exactly the same degree as everyone else. It's never my intention to sneak any kind of sermon into a story - I've got no business preaching, and besides, that kind of thing plays poorly in fiction, always has.” ShouldKindPlayStoriesFictionDegreesConcernedIntentionEthicalPreachingSermonsSneakEthical Questions Author:Roy Kesey
“This is one of the ways fiction is more liberating than nonfiction - I don't have to be so concerned with fact. I had the paradigm of certain people in my head who became my characters, but I never considered these people to be from a "certain sector of society," unless we agree that we're all from certain sectors of society.” PeopleWayCharacterFactsCertainFictionConcernedAgreeNonfictionLiberatingParadigm Author:Said Sayrafiezadeh
“As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between fact and what most people call fiction is about fifteen pages in the dictionary.” PeopleFactsDifferencesFictionPagesConcernedFifteenDictionary Author:Charles de Lint