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fiction honest aim
The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth. Anton Chekhov
fiction ground los reality
What I do now is I write fiction. I ground my fiction in the reality of a place called Los Angeles. Michael Connelly
fiction kind film
There's a lot of crap out there. Most of the science fiction films alone are abominations, you know. They're mindless. So you can't learn from those kinds of films. Ray Bradbury
fiction imagine terrible
I've often thought that one of us is what we imagine, that each of us normalizes the terrible strangeness of inner life with a variety of convenient fictions. Siri Hustvedt
century crisis last problem
We want the Y2K problem to be the last crisis of the 20th century and not the first crisis of the 21st century. David Dreier
century face seem
I don't seem to have a 20th century face Charlton Heston
century full history next
History is full of surprises, and the next century will be no exception. Billy Graham
century contact excuse eye pathology sadness tv
The TV is an out, an excuse for not having eye contact or for not having to come up with something interesting to say. Is it pathological? Yes. Is it sad? Yes. But pathology and sadness are part of 20th century American life. M. Thompson
novels people
All my novels are about people who strive to heal and evolve. Michel Faber
novel exception
Almost without exception, my novels are rooted in Israel because that's the place I know well. Amos Oz
novelists lessons
The lesson you have to learn as novelist is how to be collaborative, and how to say, "I don't get to dictate this." Tom Perrotta
novelty literature advantage
Being a novelty had its advantages. Jessica Savitch
novels three translated
Rejection is part of the process, so you can't let it crush you. My first three novels never made it into publication, but my fourth, 'Sheltering Rain,' was translated into 11 languages. Jojo Moyes
novel austen clothings
It was like being in a Jane Austen novel, but one with far less clothing. Terry Pratchett
novelists males
Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist. Curtis Sittenfeld