“Science fiction that's just about people wandering around in space ships shooting each other with ray guns is very dull. I like it when it enables you to do fairly radical reinterpretations of human experience, just to show all the different interpretations that can be put on apparently fairly simple and commonplace events. That I find fun.” PeopleHumansDifferentShowsFunSimpleSpaceFictionEventsGunScience FictionShipsWanderRadicalShootingDullInterpretationRaysHuman ExperienceCommonplaceWandering AroundDifferent InterpretationsReinterpretation Author:Douglas Adams
“[on L. Ron Hubbard] I'm not in favor of his religion by any means. But he wrote a book called 'Battlefield Earth' that was a very fun science-fiction book.” MeanBookEarthFunFictionScience FictionFavorsBattlefieldsRon HubbardL Ron Hubbard Author:Mitt Romney
“I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.” IdeasFunFictionPossibilityScience FictionEndlessGenreLimitlessPlaying AroundEndless Possibilities Author:Laura Mennell
“I never have an alter ego in the movies. That's a fiction that the press has made up over the years, and it's fun to write that. It gives them something to write.” GivingWritingYearsMadeFunFictionEgoPressesAlter Ego Author:Woody Allen
“Working with Joe [Kosinski], definitely. I loved working with Joe. For a guy who doesn't really come from the fiction world - he comes from advertising and architecture - he's extremely easy-going and very calm. He's extremely detailed, but a very generous and fun director to work with. He really encouraged me to find the fun in the part and to have fun with it.” WorldGuyFunEasyFictionDirectorsCalmArchitectureAdvertisingHaving FunGenerousEasy Going Author:James Frain
“...The very word 'fiction' implies another world, literally a different place, whereas no one claims that a dedicated sportsman is escaping his life, or a chef or a nurse. But the poor writer - the sci-fi one especially - is seen as running away. Bollocks. This is real, for me, and it's tough, it's fun, it's practical, and it's very, very important.” WorldImportantDifferentRealRunningFunPoorFictionToughClaimsPracticalsSci FiDedicatedNurseRunning AwayChefDifferent PlaceAnother WorldEscapingSportsman Author:Russell T Davies
“Utopian fiction is really boring. I had to read a lot of it, and it's not that much fun. But they're fascinating to me as historical documents. Cabet [Icaria's founder and author of the utopian novel, Travels in Icaria], is writing in the 1830s, and his idea of the perfect society reveals a lot about his time. But his book is uniquely bad.” WritingBookIdeasFunPerfectFictionNovelHistoricalBoringFascinatingFoundersDocumentsUtopianPerfect Society Author:Christine Jennings
“I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.” BookRealOpportunityGamesFunSimpleFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansHeroStrategyScience FictionDragonsDungeonsBooks And MoviesGreat HeroScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Duncan Jones
“I'm definitely excited by big ideas, both in what I write and what I read. Most days, reality is so mind-numbingly dull that I don't understand why someone would write strictly realistic stories, given the almost limitless freedom fiction provides. I don't see the point of making believe if you're not going to actually make believe: hang your ass out in the wind, push at every boundary, make almost unreasonable demands on your reader's willingness to suspend disbelief. This is dangerous, and prone to failure, but that's part of what makes it fun.” IfsWritingMindBelieveIdeasStoriesBigsRealityGivenFunFictionDangerousWindReaderDemandExcitedBoundariesAssDullWillingnessRealisticLimitlessDisbeliefUnreasonableMake BelieveBig Ideas Author:Ron Currie Jr.
“Southern Appalachians have been ridiculed since the country began. In fiction, they're usually depicted in a cartoonish manner. The region is poor, and very suspicious of outsiders, so there's a sort of 'us versus them' situation. They're easy to poke fun at.” Has BeensCountryFunEasyPoorFictionSituationRegionsSouthernOutsidersVersusSuspiciousPoke Author:Barbara Kingsolver