182 Quotes About Fiction-writing

  • Author Italo Calvino
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    Some books will remain famous but will be considered anonymous works, as for us the epic of Gilgamesh; others author's names will still be known, but none of their works will survive, as was the case with Socrates; or perhaps, all the surviving books will be attributed to a single, mysterious author, like Homer.

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  • Author Sneha Gulati
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    The innocence in me will never go fainter,no matter how tough the days get.I know i am going to uphold the most hard hitting times in the journey of my life.

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  • Author Neil Gaiman
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    …fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.” (April 2013 Introduction to Fahrenheit 457)

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  • Author Ivy Keating
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    He ducked and weaved under low branches. More screams and loud swearing reverberated around him, propelling him forward even faster.Now within visual range, fear struck his heart.

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  • Author Harold Bascom
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    A key reason one novel receives a one-star review while another gets top stars always boils down to the story-crafting of each. A novel written by an author who does not fully grasp the technical basics of writing fiction is the one likely to get that one-star review.

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