“I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.” ThinkingWritingOpportunityMy OwnFictionLimitsMy Own Life Author:Wally Lamb
“I was a journalism major, and I would take creative writing classes as part of that, but I would also look for opportunities to write stories for some of my other classes. So for my course in Scandinavian history, I asked if I could write historical fiction instead of term papers. Sometimes they’d say yes.” IfsWritingLooksSometimesStoriesCoursesOpportunityTermFictionClassCreativePaperMajorsHistoricalJournalismIf I CouldHistorical FictionPapersCreative WritingScandinaviansTerm Paper Author:George R. R. Martin
“I suppose that literature as it is won't die, science fiction included. But games are becoming an extremely important part of the science fiction world, including games that are adapted from books (or vice versa: books that are adapted from games). It's wonderful to have the opportunity to play and see your favorite characters on the screen, but the opportunity to read a book does not become less attractive.” WorldDoeImportantBookPlayCharacterDiesLiteratureOpportunityGamesFictionWonderfulBecomingScience FictionIncludingVicesScreensAttractiveVice VersaAdaptedYour FavoriteFavorite Characters Author:Sergei Lukyanenko
“Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.” GivingDoeHappensOpportunityFictionGive MeScience FictionScenariosGreat OpportunityFuturist Author:Ray Kurzweil
“I don't think people are averse to thinking about things in a deep way, but we have limited time and opportunity to think about things in a deep way. I think that's why there is an appetite for non-fiction - it gives people the opportunity to reexamine ordinary experience and be smarter about it.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingOpportunityFictionOrdinaryAppetiteSmarterNon FictionLimited Time Author:Malcolm Gladwell
“In novels you're able to occupy character's internal thoughts and it's really hard to do in a film or a TV show. When you're reading a character's thoughts or when it's in first person, you're reading kind of their own story, so you have the opportunity to see what makes that character complex or complicated. And to me that's what the whole point of fiction is.” FirstsKindPersonsHardWholeCharacterStoriesShowsAbleFilmReadingOpportunityFictionNovelTvsComplexesComplicatedInternalsTv ShowsFirst Person Author:Joe Meno
“I love the opportunity to just let my imagination run riot! Non-fiction can be very restrictive.” RunningOpportunityImaginationFictionMy ImaginationNon FictionRiot Author:Raymond Buckland
“Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.” GivingWritingOpportunityFictionReaderJournalismWitnessHiroshima Author:John Hersey
“I'm not well-versed in the science fiction world. I'm hoping that I'll get more opportunities in it because you get to create a new world.” WorldWellsOpportunityFictionScience FictionNew World Author:Kelly Masterson
“I never really had any intention of getting involved in documentaries until the opportunity came around. I always thought much more in classic fiction cinema terms and I think I tried to apply those ideas to documentaries and not vice versa.” ThinkingIdeasOpportunityTermFictionInvolvedIntentionVicesCinemaClassicDocumentariesVice Versa Author:John Hyams
“For a long time, I missed being in the courtroom every day. I missed trial work. It was so much a part of my life. It was what I did and who I was. But over the years I did find the opportunity to realize my childhood dream of writing crime fiction.” WritingYearsLongDreamOpportunityRealizingFictionChildhoodCrimeLong TimeTrialsWorking ItCrime FictionCourtroomChildhood Dreams Author:Marcia Clark
“I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.” BookRealOpportunityGamesFunSimpleFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansHeroStrategyScience FictionDragonsDungeonsBooks And MoviesGreat HeroScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Duncan Jones