“Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?” IfsFeelsLostFictionWrittenReaderSeriesWhy Not Author:Julia Quinn
“Imagine a crime series in which, every week, there is a white suspect and a black suspect. And every week, lo and behold, the black one turns out to have done it. Unpardonable, of course. And my point is that you could not defend it by saying: "But it's only fiction, only entertainment."” DoneTurnsCoursesBlackWhiteFictionImagineWeekCrimeSeriesEntertainmentSuspects Author:Richard Dawkins
“Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it's a very limited one. And by and large, it isn't helpful.” FactsLife IsCertainFictionLogicSeriesHelpfulInterpretationDivisionNon Fiction Author:Yann Martel
“Given that most movies are bad, and that there are whole categories and sub-categories of badness - the sequel, the Madonna Movie, the Friday 13th Series, or Movies Starring John Travolta Before Pulp Fiction - it is almost impossible to choose a single film for worst movie of all time. But strangely, I do have a nomination and I believe it is actually the worst movie ever made. It is Boxing Helena. The director is David Lynch's daughter, and the film comes with the almost insane-making faults that the family connection might imply.” BelieveMadeWholeMightFilmGivenI BelieveFictionImpossibleWorstDirectorsDaughterConnectionsFaultsSeriesInsaneAll TimeMade ItBoxingCategoriesFridayMovie StarSequelsNominationsBadnessPulpWorst MovieFamily Connections Author:Andrew O'Hagan
“I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the history of ideas, and they're always ideas that work themselves out and become real and happen in the world. And fantasy comes along and says, 'We're going to break all the laws of physics.' ... Most people don't realize it, but the series of films which have made more money than any other series of films in the history of the universe is the James Bond series. They're all science fiction, too - romantic, adventurous, frivolous, fantastic science fiction!” PeopleWorldArtMadeIdeasRealHappensFilmLawUniverseRealizingFictionBreakFantasyImpossibleScience FictionSeriesPhysicsFantasticMore MoneyAdventurousFrivolousLaws Of Physics Author:Ray Bradbury
“Sometimes big budget means explosions! CGI! CGI, the possibilities are so limitless that it begins to be impractical. I'm more interested in the kinds of movies where the science fiction world has a set series of rules and you operate in it because of, maybe, constraints in the budget.” WorldKindMeanSometimesBigsFictionPossibilityScience FictionSeriesBudgetsLimitlessExplosionsConstraintsCgi Author:Brit Marling
“I use non-fiction work written by Whites in my research. It's indispensable. That wasn't the problem. I said that "The Wire" was a cliché! It's like my writing a series about Jewish life and casting all of the characters as inside traders.” WritingSaidCharacterUseProblemFictionWrittenResearchSeriesIndispensableCastingWireNon FictionTradersJewish Life Author:Ishmael Reed
“My father taught me to love detective fiction writers such as Raymond Chandler. When I decided to have a hard-boiled detective series I did a lot of studying before I wrote the first book. I learned police procedure, the California criminal law, and many areas outside my expertise.” FirstsBookHardLawFatherFictionStudyTaughtAreasDecidedPoliceSeriesCriminalsCaliforniaProceduresDetectivesExpertiseFiction WritersCriminal LawDetective Fiction Author:Sue Grafton
“I go into any movie that's historical fiction thinking, 'OK, I'm here to watch a work of art, something delivering a series of opinions, and if it's a good work of art, these opinions become so deeply embedded in complexity and richness that I won't even be bothered by the opinions. I'll make my own mind up.'” IfsThinkingMindArtMy OwnFictionOpinionWatchesHistoricalSeriesComplexityWorks Of ArtHistorical FictionGood WorkRichnessBotheredEmbeddedDelivering Author:Tony Kushner