“In a sense, all fiction is experimental. Every new book is an adventure into unknown territory. As Hemingway told us, you (the writer) have to go out beyond where you have gone before.” BookFictionGoneAdventureTerritoryNew Books Author:Richard Laymon
“The culture is still there, and people are still doing it. I imagine some people are doing it very well indeed. As for me, it definitely was my native literary culture. Science fiction was where I'm from, but on the way to now, I went through a lot of other territory, and I wasn't really that culturally conventional an SF writer when I started.” PeopleWayWellsStillsCultureFictionImagineScience FictionNativeTerritoryConventional Author:William Gibson
“I have found, in short, from reading my own writing, that my subject in fiction is the action of grace in territory largely held by the devil.” WritingActionReadingFoundMy OwnFictionGraceSubjectsDevilTerritory Book:Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose Source: Mystery and Manners: Occasional Prose
“If Fobbit leaves a reader feeling stranded in some bland in-between territory, then I haven't done my job. But having said all that, I didn't consciously write the book with a particular moral intent. I took what I experienced and processed it through the sausage factory of fiction. It's up to readers to interpret what's on the page - as is the case with any novel.” IfsWritingSaidBookDoneFeelingsJobsFictionMoralCasesNovelHavensParticularReaderPagesTerritoryFactoriesSausageBlandStranded Author:Dave Abrams
“I am always interested in characters who are in these kinds of transitional moments in their lives, when it's not clear where they're going to end up. It's interesting territory for fiction.” KindEndsMomentsCharacterInterestingFictionClearTerritory Author:K. M. Soehnlein