“Okay, this is Fran Lebowitz. She gave an interview once for the Paris Review about trying to write fiction and saying that fiction writers start talking about how characters are talking to them, and it's crazy, she's never had that. And I also thought, I'm never gonna be able to do this, because I didn't feel that for a really long time.” FeelsWritingTryingLongCharacterAbleFictionTalkingCrazyLong TimeOkayParisInterviewsReviewsFiction WritersReally Long Author:Sloane Crosley
“Blade Runner is a rare science fiction movie so full of material that pages can be written about it without scratching the surface. A review like this can provide little more than an overview. A detailed exploration of the movie, its style, and its mysteries requires dedication that only someone immersed in Blade Runner lore can provide.” LittlesFictionWrittenMysteryStyleMaterialsPagesScience FictionSurfaceExplorationReviewsDedicationRunnersBladesBlade RunnerScience Fiction MovieOverviewScratching The Surface Author:James Berardinelli
“Although The Terminator is arguably the more visionary of the first two films, [Terminator 2] is the more visually and viscerally satisfying. It's an exhausting experience and, even 18 years after its release (as I write this review), few films have matched it within the science fiction genre for sheer white-knuckle exhilaration.” WritingYearsFirstsTwoFilmWhiteFictionScience FictionReleaseGenreReviewsSatisfyingSheerVisionariesExhaustingMatchedExhilarationKnucklesTerminator 2 Author:James Berardinelli
“We thought a magazine, even a self proclaimed literary review, had to be involved in politics. We felt sex was healthy and made (then) bold use of fiction and graphics so declaring. We operated on a shoestring and still got our issues out on time. In short, we had a ball.” MadeStillsSelfUseSexFeltFictionIssuesInvolvedHealthyBallsMagazinesReviewsDeclaring Author:Barney Rosset
“The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish, but good science fiction is the best and only literature of our times.” BookReadingLiteratureFictionNovelPercentScience FictionSevenOur TimeReviewsNinetyRubbishWorth ReadingGood Science Author:Robert Anton Wilson
“I struggle with the fact that men's popular fiction is talked about differently. Books like mine don't get as many reviews and probably won't win any prizes, but they entertain the pants off of hundreds of thousands of women.” MenBookFactsWinningFictionStruggleMinesPrizeReviewsPants Author:Jennifer Weiner
“Stephen King writes mass fiction but gets reviewed by the New York Times and writes for the New Yorker. Critics say to me, "Shut up and enjoy your money," and I think, OK, I'll shut up and enjoy my money, but why does Stephen King get to enjoy his money and get reviewed on the cover of the New York Times Sunday Book Review?” ThinkingWritingDoeBookEnjoyFictionNew YorkKingsMassCriticsSundayReviewsShut UpNew York TimesNew YorkersBook Review Author:Jennifer Weiner
“Life is stranger than fiction. It's nice to have stuff that people don't know about. And it helps when you read a bad review. You can go, "This guy doesn't have me figured out." There's more mystery to you than they understand.” PeopleKnowsHelpingLife IsGuyStuffFictionNiceMysteryStrangerReviewsThis GuyBad ReviewsStranger Than Fiction Author:Dolph Lundgren