“To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.” ThinkingFictionDefinitionsInventionSuperiorsRealisticImitationImaginativeRealistic Fiction Book:The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination
“We shall not read it for its sociological insights, which are non-existent, nor as science fiction, because it has a general air of implausibility; but there is one high poetic fancy in the New Atlantis that stays in the mind after all its fancies and inventions have been forgotten. In the New Atlantis, an island kingdom lying in very distant seas, the only commodity of external trade is light: Bacon's own special light, the light of understanding.” MindHas BeensLightLyingUnderstandingFictionAirSeaSpecialTradeScience FictionForgottenInsightInventionKingdomsIslandsFancyPoeticCommodityAtlantisSociological Author:Peter Medawar
“I didn't study writing in school, I studied biology as an undergraduate and graduate student. So I think that I write fiction in the scientific way. I love invention, obviously; I love creation of character. But I do feel very rooted in the real world, even in the way that I create characters.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsWritingRealCharacterSchoolFictionStudyCreationStudentsInventionBiologyReal WorldGraduatesRootedGraduate StudentsUndergraduate Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“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
“We're growing up with a very illiterate bunch of children who have somehow been taught that film is fact when, in fact, it's invention. Hopefully, an historical film will inspire people to go and read about the history but in the end it is a work of fiction and selection. As for the armour itself, no it wasn't particularly comfortable.” PeopleChildrenEndsFactsFilmFictionGrowing UpGrowingInspireTaughtComfortableHistoricalInventionBunchHopefullySelectionIlliterateArmour Author:Cate Blanchett
“[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.” FictionFantasyTypeDiscoveryScience FictionInventionAssumptionPrimeScientific Discovery Author:Jack Williamson
“I like characters. I like spirited characters whether they exist in fiction or real life. Whether they're the invention of artistic people or directors, musicians. I think music and art and fashion designers inspire me and I like characters.” PeopleThinkingArtRealCharacterFictionFashionInspireDirectorsMusicianReal LifeInventionArtisticDesignerFashion DesignerSpirited Author:Marc Jacobs
“It's once I discover the people inside that the story really gets going, and then the formal invention becomes less important. It's just the way in; it's the door; and then what's behind it is always some kind of people, which I think probably makes me more in the tradition of realistic fiction because that's usually what I'm interested in, the people.” PeopleThinkingWayKindImportantStoriesBehindsFictionDoorsTraditionInventionRealisticFormalRealistic Fiction Author:Jess Walter
“I'm drawn to fiction that hints at nonfiction, that blurs or seems to blur the boundaries between invention and autobiography.” SeemsFictionBoundariesInventionNonfictionAutobiographyHintsBlur Author:Garth Greenwell
“Science fiction went through a period that was mostly object-oriented or inventions for distant galaxies.But when we cracked the genetic DNA code, opened the big Pandora's box, and it really did become possible to produce chimeras, my ears shot up.” BigsFictionObjectsProducePeriodsShotsEarsScience FictionBoxesInventionCodeDnaGalaxyCrackedPandoraChimeraPandora's Box Author:Margaret Atwood