“I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.” MeanTwoFictionNovelFunctionContraryGenreNasty Author:Mark Haddon
“A program of "disarmament," while imperialist antagonisms survive, is the most pernicious of fictions. Even if it were realized by way of general agreement - an obviously fantastic assumption!- that would by no means prevent a new war. The imperialists do not make war because there are armaments; on the contrary, they forge arms when they need to fight.” IfsWayNeedsMeanWarFightingFictionArmsProgramContraryFantasticAssumptionAgreementDisarmamentPerniciousAntagonismArmament Book:The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and where is it Going? Source: The Revolution Betrayed: What is the Soviet Union and where is it Going?
“Contrary to common belief, Christian fiction did not begin with Catherine Marshall, Janette Oke, or Frank Peretti.” ChristianBeliefCommonFictionContraryFrank Author:Randy Alcorn
“And for the authentical truth of either person or actions, who (worth the respecting) will expect it in a poem, whose subject is not truth, but things like truth? Poor envious souls they are that cavil at truth's want in these natural fictions; material instruction, elegant and sententious excitation to virtue, and deflection from her contrary, being the soul, limbs, and limits of an authentical tragedy.” WantPersonsSoulActionNaturalPoorFictionVirtueSubjectsMaterialsLimitsTragedyContraryInstructionElegantLimbsEnviousDeflection Book:The Works of George Chapman: Plays Source: The Works of George Chapman: Plays
“As an actress, I think I really understand that stage where you think you are picking reality in order to feed the fiction, but it happens to be the contrary. It's the fiction that suddenly feeds your reality. And you don't know how it has been done. That's the kind of magical transposition that is art.” ThinkingKnowsKindHas BeensArtDoneRealityHappensOrderFictionKnow HowStageActressesContrary Author:Ludivine Sagnier
“I'm very interested in film making. It's telling a story, fiction or non-fiction. I have been filmed quite a lot. Contrary to popular belief, filming isn't glamorous. It can be wearingly repetitious, as the same shot is taken over and over again.” Has BeensStoriesFilmBeliefFictionTakenShotsContraryNon FictionGlamorousContrary To Popular Belief Author:Stephen Hawking