“my experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.” LooksFictionUniversalDeeperFiction Writers Book:A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction Source: A Writer's Story: From Life to Fiction
“Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.” ThinkingWritingLyingFictionStrangeDown AndDeeperFiction Writing Author:Wally Lamb
“The science fiction I write comes from a pretty deep pool of literature, not just from the reflection of other science fiction films, and I think that gives me somewhat deeper roots.” ThinkingGivingWritingFilmLiteratureFictionReflectionRootsGive MeScience FictionDeeperPool Author:Jon Spaihts
“Fiction is more dangerous than nonfiction because it can seduce better. I think we all know this, know that deeper truths can be approached in fiction than in fact. There are risks for the reader, because after reading certain books you find you have changed irreversibly. There are risks for writers: in China, now, and Ethiopia and other countries right now, writers face real persecution.” ThinkingKnowsBookRealCountryFactsFacesCertainReadingFictionRiskDangerousChangedReaderRight NowChinaDeeperNonfictionOther CountriesPersecutionSeducingEthiopiaYou Have Changed Author:Chris Abani
“I think for some reason people are drawn to stories of all kinds, for some reason they land harder when they are "true." And yet in fiction, I think there is a lot of deeper truth, too.” PeopleThinkingKindReasonStoriesFictionLandHarderDeeperAll Kinds Author:T Cooper
“Read Mann's notes, which contain precise accounts of cholera and its symptoms, and observe how careful he is throughout his fiction in getting medical details straight - then you might begin to wonder whether cholera is the only candidate for the cause of Aschenbach's death. What results from this, I think, is a deeper appreciation of Mann's brilliance in keeping so many possibilities in play. The ambiguity is even more artful than people have realized.” PeopleThinkingPlayMightCausesResultsFictionWonderPossibilityAccountsNotesDetailsCarefulAppreciationDeeperMedicalCandidatesPreciseSymptomsAmbiguityBrillianceCholera Author:Philip Kitcher
“I think fiction allows you to inhabit new domains and it's you, the reader living in that domain for a few days that results in a deeper understanding as opposed to the novel proclaiming this is what it is right and this is what is wrong.” ThinkingUnderstandingResultsFictionNovelReaderDeeperDomainProclaimingDeeper Understanding Author:Mohsin Hamid