182 Quotes About Fiction-writing

The last thing he heard was my low, excited breathing as I stared into his white eyes as his life slowly slipped away.-Mark Lopez #TheBloodMakesItReal

The boats raced towards each other like mounted knights bearing lances.They would hit like Somalian pirates, swiftly and under the cover of darkness.

He frowned, pulled her roughly against him. She could feel the tickle of his chest hair against her cheek and his bristles on top of her head. She could feel the outraged beating of his heart.

You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are.

The Trump administration would do well to hire some fiction writers. Those of us who write horror are the cons. Those writing any other genre are the pros. Either way, we know how the story will end.

Mike says the studio indulges Leo bc he's a magical starboy. He thinks Melanie puts up w/it bc it's a great credit bc everything Leo touches turns to gold. Maybe one day I'll turn to gold.

He has the mistaken notion that a concern with grace is a concern with exalted human behavior, that it is a pretentious concern. It is, however, simply a concern with the human reaction to that which, instant by instant, gives life to the soul. It is a concern with a realization that breeds charity and with the charity that breeds action. Often the nature of grace can be made plain only by describing its absence.

Whoever defined fiction as an untrue event owe us an apology for fiction lives in me; fiction lives in us.

If they are good characters, they have minds of their owns. If they are great characters, they go stomping off into the sunset and leave you to pick up the trash.