“Seventeen years after its intial release, The Empire Strikes Back is still as thrilling and involving as ever. Because of the high quality of the original product, it doesn't show a hint of dating. Neither [Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope nor Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi] were able to match the narrative scope of Empire, which today remains one of the finest and most rousing science fiction tales ever committed to the screen.” YearsStillsWarShowsTodayAbleStarsFictionQualityProductsReturnDatingOriginalsRemainsScience FictionCommittedStrikesScreensTalesReleaseNarrativeEmpiresEpisodesFinestScopeThrillingHintsInvolvingSeventeenHigh QualityNew HopeStrike BackEmpire Strikes Back Author:James Berardinelli
“Kamby Bolongo Mean River is an original and fearless fiction. It bears genetic traces of Beckett and Stein, but Robert Lopez's powerful cadences and bleak, joyful wit are all his own.” MeanPowerfulFictionBearsRiversOriginalsWitFearlessJoyfulBleakCadenceBeckett Author:Sam Lipsyte
“It's hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction, for women especially. I find that these true life stories about these women that I'm so blessed to play are some of the most compelling stories, and the truth is stranger than fiction.” HardPlayStoriesFictionTruth IsOriginalsBlessedStrangerCompellingLife StoryTrue LifeStranger Than Fiction Author:Hilary Swank
“I know these are going to sound like school reading-list suggestions, but if you like dystopian fiction, you should check out some of the originals: Anthem, by Ayn Rand; 1984, by George Orwell; or Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.” IfsKnowsWorldShouldSchoolReadingSoundFictionOriginalsBraveListsChecksNew WorldSuggestionsDystopianAnthemDystopian FictionBrave New WorldHuxley Author:Sara Shepard
“The competition for the future of crime fiction is fierce, as it should be, but don't take your eyes off Craig McDonald. He's wily, talented and-rarest of the rare-a true original. He writes melancholy poetry that actually has melancholy poets wandering around, but don't turn your backs on them, either. I am always eager to see what he's going to do next.” ShouldWritingEyeTurnsNextFictionCrimePoetOriginalsCompetitionWanderMelancholyFierceCrime FictionMcdonaldsWandering Around Author:Laura Lippman
“I have never written a book that I wouldn't want to read. The trouble is, I love to read horror, sf, fantasy, mysteries, hero pulps - romantic fiction, in the original, traditional meaning of that term, as opposed to mimetic fiction. But most of all, I love thrillers.” WantBookTermFictionFantasyWrittenTroubleMysteryHeroHorrorOriginalsTraditionalThrillersPulpLove To Read Author:F. Paul Wilson
“If we're talking about the science fiction or action genres, I've always tried when I could to do them in a way that's not just cookie-cutter - that they bring something fresh or original to it, have some kind of ideas to it. I've been fortunate, in some sense, to do those kinds of movies that are unique.” IfsWayKindIdeasActionFictionTalkingUniqueOriginalsScience FictionGenreFortunateCookiesCuttersCookie Cutters Author:Keanu Reeves
“The truth is that every writer, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, is trying to write something truly original and that's what I think I'm doing.” ThinkingWritingTryingFictionTruth IsOriginalsNonfiction Author:Lisa Scottoline
“I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction.” ThinkingWarStarsFictionOriginalsScience FictionIntentionArtisticEpic Author:William Monahan
“I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some of the greatest classics of theater have elements of SF, but in theater, as in publishing, sometimes people make arbitrary distinctions.” PeopleThinkingSometimesFictionElementsTheaterOriginalsScience FictionDistinctionPublishingAdaptationArbitraryVenues Author:Edward Einhorn
“The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, we've actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincoln's presidency that's somewhat original.” ThinkingFactsLinesFictionOriginalsHistoricalEnormousHandleHistorical FictionHistorianPresidencyConsensusFidelity Author:Tony Kushner
“A masterpiece of fiction is an original world and as such is not likely to fit the world of the reader.” WorldFictionReaderFitOriginalsMasterpiece Book:Lectures on Don Quixote Source: Lectures on Don Quixote
“The resulting texts always took a narrative term, enigmatic at first but ultimately explicit and often premonitory. The semantic distribution of these basic elements diverted them from their original meaning, thus revealing their real significance. Henceforth, every form of writing will consist of an operation of decoding, of contamination, and of sense perversion. All this because all language is essentially mystification, and everything is fiction.” WritingFirstsRealFormLanguageTermFictionElementsOriginalsNarrativeOperationsSignificanceDistributionRevealingExplicitPerversionEnigmaticContamination Author:Brion Gysin
“Fiction does not spring into the world fully grown, like Athena. It is the process of writing and rewriting that makes a fiction original, if not profound.” IfsWorldWritingDoeInspirationProcessFictionSpringOriginalsProfoundRewritingAthena Author:John Gardner
“All good biography, as all good fiction, comes down to the study of original sin, of our inherent disposition to choose death when we ought to choose life.” SinFictionStudyOughtOriginalsGood LifeInherentDispositionBiographiesOriginal SinChoose Life Author:Rebecca West
“I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers to write your own original stories with your own characters. It is absolutely essential that you respect my wishes.” ThinkingWritingCharacterStoriesWishFictionFansReaderEssentialsOriginalsUpsetAdviseMy WishWrite Your Own Author:Anne Rice