“A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters, as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them. Movie adaptations of these monumental fictions often fail because they become mere exercises in interior decoration.” CharacterFictionNovelFateFailingExerciseConcernedMereNarrativeInteriorsAdaptationDecorationInconvenientGreat Novels Author:Richard Schickel
“I treated Art as the supreme reality and life as a mere mode of fiction.” LifeArtRealityFictionMereSupremeTreated Author:Oscar Wilde
“Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.” LiteratureUnderstandingFictionInformationMereSensibility Author:Fay Weldon
“In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the best romances, love is the final, secret ingredient that turns mere mortals into heroes and heroines.” RealMightRomanceTurnsLove IsSecretFictionWorstInspireHeroMereFinalsFoolishReal LifeMortalsLove LifeIngredientsThreateningHeroinesRomance LoveHeroes And HeroinesMere Mortals Author:Sarah MacLean
“In my world of the people who study war and defense issues, we simply did not talk about robotics. We do not talk about it because it's seen as mere science fiction. It's cold, hard, metallic reality.” PeopleWorldWarHardRealityFictionStudyIssuesColdScience FictionMereDefenseRoboticsMetallic Author:Peter Singer
“Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.” PeopleKnowsHumansRaceFictionStrongerScience FictionMereHuman RaceDnaGatheringSpeculation Author:Alex Jones