“Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.” ShouldFictionPlease Author:Horace
“Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance.” WorldTruthPowerfulFictionPleaseTruth IsMost PowerfulResemblance Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its resemblance. The appearance of reality is necessary to make any passion agreeably represented, and to be able to move others we must be moved ourselves, or at least seem to be so, upon some probable grounds.” WorldRealitySeemsTruthAbleMovingPassionPowerfulFictionPleaseTruth IsMovedAppearanceMost PowerfulResemblance Author:Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury
“Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. The only place success comes before work is a dictionary Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.” WorldShouldMayHelpingStoriesUseWishFictionPoliticianPleaseLogicMethodScience FictionCleanConclusionDictionaryDetectivesSystematicDetective StoriesWrong Conclusion Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“You're already using your imagination because you're watching fiction and then you're trying to believe that this girl who weighs 100 lbs, soaking wet, could actually beat up a guy. Which works in a lot of situations but in a lot of situations you look at it and you're like, "Come on. Could you please get someone in there who actually has biceps and not just because they don't eat?"” TryingBelieveLooksGuyGirlImaginationFictionSituationPleaseBeatsWetThis GirlSoakingBiceps Author:Katee Sackhoff