“If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.” IfsLooksStoriesFictionListsThese DaysHuntingKillersDetectivesSequelsSerialsSellersSerial KillerBest SellersDetective Stories Author:Albert Brooks
“Maybe I have a one-track mind, but the best writers and thinkers are focusing on nonfiction these days; this is the genre where a writer can make a mark and change an aspect of the world - much more so than in fiction.” WorldMindFictionAspectMarkTrackThese DaysGenreThinkerNonfiction Author:Lee Gutkind
“I think we tried to make a film [Moon] that was about human beings as opposed to going from one special effects set piece to the next one, which is what a lot of science fiction films these days do.” ThinkingHumansFilmNextHuman BeingsFictionPiecesSpecialEffectsMoonScience FictionThese DaysThe Next OneSpecial Effects Author:Duncan Jones
“Now that I no longer feel lonely, and now that my own past feels resolved in a whole new and very deep way, I am excited to write about the real world, to stay in it. Fiction is an escape, a parallel life, and it was a powerful source of comfort for me when my own life was raw and uncomfortable. I don't feel the burning need to disappear into a fictional character these days.” WorldWayNeedsFeelsWritingRealWholeCharacterPastMy OwnPowerfulFictionSourceComfortLonelyExcitedDisappearBurningThese DaysUncomfortableReal WorldParallelsMy Own LifeVery DeepFeeling LonelyFictional CharacterParallel Lives Author:Kate Christensen
“Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things.” ChallengesFictionThese Days Author:Roxane Gay