“I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.” PeopleWellsMadeReadingLiteratureEffortFictionSeriousOne DayDecidedScience FictionMagazines Author:Fred Saberhagen
“I started the movement of SF in America in 1908 through my first magazine, 'MODERN ELECTRICS.' At that time it was an experiment. Science fiction authors were scarce. There were not a dozen worth mentioning in the entire world” WorldFirstsAmericaFictionModernMovementScience FictionExperimentsMagazinesDozenScarce Author:Hugo Gernsback
“I was kind of amazed because I first found out about blue boxes in an article in Esquire magazine labeled fiction. That article was the most truthful article I've ever read in my life... That article was so truthful, and it told about a mistake in the phone company that let you dial phone calls anywhere in the world. What an amazing thing to discover.” WorldFirstsKindFoundMistakeFictionCompanyBluePhonesBoxesMagazinesArticlesTruthfulAmazedAmazing ThingsPhone Calls Author:Steve Wozniak
“We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then) bold use of fiction and graphics so declaring. We operated on a shoestring and still got our issues out on time. In short, we had a ball.” MadeStillsSelfUseSexFeltFictionIssuesInvolvedHealthyBallsMagazinesReviewsDeclaring Author:Barney Rosset
“I've loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and I've read quite extensively as an adult.” LittlesBookKidsFictionAdultsScience FictionMagazinesLittle KidMagazines And Books Author:Matt Groening
“I was trained mainly as a short story writer and that's how I started writing, but I've also become very interested in non-fiction, just because I got a couple of magazine jobs when I was really poor and needed the money and it turned out that non-fiction was much more interesting than I thought it was.” WritingStoriesJobsInterestingPoorFictionCoupleNeededMagazinesShort StoryNon FictionStory Writers Author:David Foster Wallace
“Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit.” FirstsMeanStoriesBodyRomanceSpiritLiteratureFictionClassCivilizationEatingRoundsLove StoryMagazinesFourthProteinFirst Class Book:The collected works of Aldous Huxley Source: The collected works of Aldous Huxley
“Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to the early mass market magazine writers earning a half cent a word for their fiction. They had to use every adjective, verb and adverb in the English language to add word count to stories in order to feed and support families.” WayWritingStoriesUseOrderLanguageGivenHalfFictionSupportStyleMassAddBest WayMagazinesProseCentsEarningPurpleEnglish LanguageVerbsTagAdjectivesWriting StyleAdverbs Author:Tom Johnson
“So for a long time, I did a lot of freelance writing in addition to writing fiction and such - I was a food critic for a magazine for a bit, I did writing for nonprofits and political things, I was the editorial consultant for another magazine for a couple years, all sorts of jobs.” WritingYearsLongJobsPoliticalBitsFictionCoupleLong TimeCriticsMagazinesEditorialsWriting FictionConsultantsNonprofits Author:Tod Goldberg
“I think of poetry as a very inclusive term. Still, it's interesting that people want to make the distinction. I love the magazine Double Room for that reason (contributors have to write about their ideas on the prose poem/flash fiction).” PeopleThinkingWantWritingStillsIdeasReasonTermInterestingRoomsFictionMagazinesProseDistinctionFlashContributors Author:Matthea Harvey