“It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a detective novel, or a conversation on the street, it all becomes fiction as soon as you write it down.” WritingMeanMatterLiteratureFictionNovelStreetsConversationNo Matter WhatAutobiographyBiographiesDetectivesDetective Fiction Author:Guillermo Cabrera Infante
“I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.” MayBookMatterFormFictionNo Matter WhatScience FictionGreat Faith Author:Connie Willis
“There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male is motivated by toys and science because men are born with no purpose in the universe except to procreate. There is lots of time to kill beyond that. They've got to find work. Men have no inherent center to themselves beyond procreating. Women, however, are born with a center. They can create the universe, mother it, teach it, nurture it. Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future.” PeopleMenNeedsTwoMatterMotherPurposeUniverseWomenBornRaceFictionTeachMen And WomenNo Matter WhatScience FictionMalesMotivatedToysInherentNurtureTime To Kill Author:Ray Bradbury
“The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the nape of the neck and to make a person feel something about the characters are going through and to experience the moral paradoxes and struggles of being human.” FeelsHumansHeartPersonsMatterCharacterGoalFictionMoralStruggleSubjectsTearsNo Matter WhatNecksParadoxBeing HumanHuman HeartFiction Writers Author:Tim O'Brien
“I always had a hard time with fiction. It does feel like driving a car in a clown suit. You're going somewhere, but you're in costume, and you're not really fooling anybody. You're the guy in costume, and everybody's supposed to forget that and go along with you. Obviously, it can work, it works all the time - well, it doesn't always work. Still, no matter what, I'm always looking at the form and addressing it, not ignoring it.” FeelsWellsDoeStillsMatterHardFormGuyForgetFictionCarNo Matter WhatDrivingSuitsHard TimesWorking ItCostumesClownSuits You Author:Dave Eggers
“No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present.” MatterFictionNo Matter WhatScience FictionDecadesRepresenting Author:Don Hertzfeldt
“I would love to take control of the entire universe and for five years you give every movie the same widespread distribution no matter what movie and see if there's a real discrepancy between people coming to see science-fiction films or superhero films. I seriously bet there would be no discernible difference.” PeopleIfsGivingYearsRealMatterWould BeFilmUniverseDifferencesFictionFiveNo Matter WhatScience FictionFive YearsSuperheroDistributionTake ControlDiscrepanciesDiscrepancies Between Author:Kenneth Lonergan