“Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer. What I hate in fiction is when the author knows better than the characters what they should do.” KnowsShouldCharacterHateDifficultAnswersFictionMoralI HateBloodyDilemmaMoral Dilemma Author:Pat Barker
“Fiction is love and hate and agreement and conflict and common adventure, not lonely musings on have-beens and might-have-beens.” Has BeensMightHateCommonFictionAdventureConflictLonelyAgreementMight Have BeenLove And HateMusings Book:The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography Source: The Blue Hen's Chick: An Autobiography
“I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.” PeopleShouldBelieveHardWholeHateI BelieveFictionHard WorkI HateIntelligentScience FictionTemptationAweCommitteesCompetentProtagonistsAwe Inspiring Author:David Brin
“We physicists don't like to admit it, but some of us are closet science fiction fans. We hate to admit it because it sounds undignified. But when we were children, that's when we got interested in science, for a lot of us.” ChildrenHateSoundFictionFansScience FictionClosetsPhysicist Author:Michio Kaku
“I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen.” HappensHateFictionI HateScience FictionEncountersFar AwayGalaxyVader Author:Margaret Atwood
“I'd be surprised if non-fiction writers hate to be interviewed. We all hate them, because there's really nothing to say except "Read the book." Right? At least with non-fiction, you can kind of convey some information, and people can decide for themselves whether they want more of that kind of information. But with a novel, what am I going to do?” PeopleIfsWantKindBookHateFictionNovelInformationNon FictionFiction Writers Author:Jonathan Franzen
“But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure invention is but the talent of a liar.” ShouldWritingFactsHateFictionTalentPureI HateFoundationInventionLiarsFabricAiry Author:Lord Byron
“I hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre we call literary fiction get accorded greater esteem and privilege. I also have a problem with how books are marketed, with certain cover designs and typefaces. They're often stamped with an identity that has nothing to do with their effect on the reader.” BookProblemCertainHateLiteratureFictionGreaterEffectsDesignIdentityReaderI HatePrivilegeEsteemGenreConventionsConformGreat WorkProceduresTypefaces Author:Michael Chabon
“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction...All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland...I just hate to be in one corner. I hate to be put as only a guitar player, or either only as a songwriter, or only as a tap dancer. I like to move around...Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.” IfsWorldFeelsWritingLittlesHappensMovingLyingHateImaginationFictionPlayerThis WorldChangedKeysI HateScience FictionGuitarCornersNakedDancerSongwritersGuitar PlayerBlandTap Dancers Author:Jimi Hendrix
“The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be a respectable writer and understand how a refrigerator works, just as no gentleman wears a brown suit in the city. Colleges may be to blame. English majors are encouraged, I know, to hate chemistry and physics, and to be proud because they are not dull and creepy and humorless and war-oriented like the engineers across the quad. And our most impressive critics have commonly been such English majors, and they are squeamish about technology to this very day. So it is natural for them to despise science fiction.” KnowsMayWarFeelingsHateNaturalCitiesFictionTechnologyCollegeProudMajorsBlameScience FictionCriticsPhysicsSuitsGentlemanDullBrownChemistryDespiseEngineersPersistBe ProudImpressiveRespectableCreepyRefrigeratorsEnglish MajorQuads Author:Kurt Vonnegut
“I hate my life. I'm at the point where I want to hear about other people's lives. it's like switching from fiction to biography.” PeopleWantHateFictionI HateBiographiesSwitchingHate My LifeI Hate My Life Book:Americana Source: Americana