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“Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.”

Ifs Natural Fiction Wonder Principles Failing Science Fiction Fiction Writers

Author:Rudy Rucker

“Equality may be a fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.”

May Fiction Accepting Principles Governing Castes

Book:Annihilation of Caste

Source: Annihilation of Caste

“I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what fiction is, and should be.”

Should Pleasure Fiction Principles Novel Percent Concern Committed Not Interested

Author:Martin Amis

“It sounds schmaltzy to say, but fiction is much more to do with love than people admit or acknowledge. The novelist has to not only love his characters - which you do, without even thinking about it, just as you love your children. But also to love the reader, and that's what I mean by the pleasure principle.”

People Thinking Mean Children Character Sound Pleasure Fiction Principles Love You Reader Our Children Acknowledge Novelists Your Children Only Love Love Your Children

Author:Martin Amis