“Would-be novelists need to bring equal parts arrogance and ignorance to the task before them. The arrogance is almost self-explanatory. Walk into any bookstore or library, calculate how many lifetimes the average person would need to read all the fiction contained therein. To think that one has anything to contribute, to any genre or tradition, takes genuine hubris.” ThinkingNeedsWritingPersonsSelfWould BeWalksFictionIgnoranceEqualTraditionTasksLifetimeLibraryAverageGenuineGenreNovelistsArroganceBookstoresAverage PersonHubris Author:Laura Lippman
“There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets.” MenEyeLawValuesFictionEqualBenefitsHumorousConstantEvery ManOperationsPleasantPocketsSmallestFurniture Book:The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
“Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [A New Hope's] blend of adventure, likable characters, and epic storytelling.” Has BeensCharacterFictionAdventureEqualScience FictionStorytellingEpicNew HopeScience Fiction Movie Author:James Berardinelli
“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
“I'm really aware that in fiction, women are pretty much equal. There's a lot of very successful women novelists. Not so much [for women writers working] in film.” FilmFictionSuccessfulEqualNovelistsSuccessful Women Author:Emma Donoghue
“Fiction must compete with first-rate reporting. If you cannot write a story that is equal to a factual account of battle in the streets or demonstrations, then you can't write a story.” IfsWritingFirstsStoriesFictionStreetsBattleEqualAccountsRateDemonstrationFactual Author:John Cheever
“The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.” MenHas BeensHumanityFictionEqualDoctrine Book:Aphorisms and reflections Source: Aphorisms and reflections
“[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of taking off the class associations with those labels, because we grew up, or I certainly grew up, feeling that, "Oh, there's literary fiction, and beneath that, there's these other things." He's actually saying that they're all of equal merit, and in many cases, that work in the genres, or work that draws from the genres is more entertaining for readers, since it is our job to entertain people.” PeopleThinkingFeelingsJobsFictionClassCasesGrewReaderEqualGrew UpDrawsArguingFavorsOpeningLabelsGenreMeritAssociationEntertainingOld FashionedOpening UpGenre IsForward Thinking Author:Emily Barton