Quotes about Fiction Literature

There's always been a little bit of tension between the writers of science fiction literature and then science-fiction televised shows or movies, partly because they have a different dynamic. Votes: 4

I feel a lot of adult fiction looks down on plot as a lesser form of literature. Votes: 3

The concept of the robot encapsulates both aspects of technology. On one hand it's cool, it's fun, it's healthy, it's sexy, it's stylish. On the other hand it's terrifying, it's alienating, it's addictive, and it's scary. That has been the subject of much science-fiction literature. Votes: 3

You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling. Votes: 3

I probably spend more time writing than reading science fiction. I find that science-fiction literature is so reactive to all the literature that's gone before that it's sort of like a fractal. It's gone to a level of detail that the average person could not possibly follow unless you're a fan. It iterates upon many prior generations of iterations. Votes: 3

Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. Votes: 2

I don't really see any barrier between teenage fiction and adult literature. Votes: 2

Crime fiction, especially noir and hardboiled, is the literature of the proletariat. Votes: 2

In Bosnian, there's no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there's no word describing that. Votes: 2

Calling one thing 'literature' and another 'fiction' is a way to create status where there is none. Votes: 2

Perhaps no other body of literature is as subject to political pressures from within the community as gay fiction. Votes: 2

I never, as a reader, have been particularly interested in dystopian literature or science fiction or, in fact, fantasy. Votes: 2

It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. Votes: 2

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left. Votes: 2

I'm not writing great literature. I'm writing commercial fiction for people to enjoy the stories and to like the characters. Votes: 2

Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. Votes: 2

I understand that postmodern literature probably means people like DeLillo, The Fiction Collective, but I don't get it that those writers are really influenced by postmodern theorists. Votes: 2

I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably for 400 or 500 years, well predating modern science. Votes: 2

Science fiction is a unique literature. Science fiction is the first literature that says, 'Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it's going to be a lot different.' Votes: 2

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. Votes: 2

In ages past, there was less of a dichotomy between good literature and fun reads. In the twentieth century, I think, it split apart, so that you had serious fiction and genre fiction. Votes: 2

Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are the ugly stepchild of fantasy... and on and on and on. Votes: 2

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Votes: 2

Popular fiction's a strong and viable force in literature. That's why it's popular. Votes: 1

No, Margaret Atwood writes literature, whereas I write fiction. I'm from the American Midwest, so literature is beyond my abilities. Votes: 1

I read anything I saw lying around. Pulp fiction, great literature and everything in between - I gave them all the same rough treatment. Votes: 1

If critics of 'readable fiction' want literature to change the ways people dream, they need first to come down from the mountain and speak to the people. Votes: 1

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself. Votes: 1

The Bible should be taught, but emphatically not as reality. It is fiction, myth, poetry, anything but reality. As such it needs to be taught because it underlies so much of our literature and our culture. Votes: 1

No fiction is worth reading except for entertainment. If it entertains and is clean, it is good literature, or its kind. If it forms the habit of reading, in people who might not read otherwise, it is the best literature. Votes: 1

Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. Votes: 1

With some exceptions in science fiction and other genres I have small difficulty in avoiding anything that could be called American literature. I feel it is unnatural, not I think entirely because it uses a language that is not mine, however closely akin to my own. Votes: 1

The truth is, I can't help the way people perceive anything, from the role of financial industry in the economic crisis, to the place of women's fiction in the canon of modern literature, to the rank of mint chocolate chip ice cream as a favorite Baskin-Robbins flavor. Votes: 1

Some writers like to boil down headlines of liberal newspapers into fiction, so they say there shouldn't be communal riots, everybody should love each other, there shouldn't be boundaries or fundamentalism. But I think literature is more than that; these are political views which most of us hold anyway. Votes: 1

Oddly enough, my favorite genre is not fiction. I'm attracted by primary sources that are relevant to historical questions of interest to me, by famous old books on philosophy or theology that I want to see with my own eyes, by essays on contemporary science, by the literatures of antiquity. Votes: 1

As often I have been a science fiction writer writing science fiction for the community of science fiction readers, I am also, for good or ill, an American writing American literature to an American audience. Most fundamentally, though, I am a human being writing human literature to a human audience. Votes: 1

I took two fiction-writing courses in college and majored in literature. I felt that I had a knack though I wouldn't go so far as to call it a talent. But it scared me. I felt it was a childish thing wanting to write and that I would forget about it eventually. Votes: 1

We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all deceitful.If we put it in a more proper manner, counting non-fiction works, then things like documents, reports, and reviews that are recorded are also deceitful.There's nothing but deceit.Don't believe in the for-sale literature. Votes: 1

The one thing is fiction in a novel and the other thing is reality. With fiction you don't make a fuss - you can 'beat it' and there's never enough. At least in my opinion - cause there are people, who complain about style intensity in literature: they prefer cereals with milk than abyssinian bitches roasted alive on bringhausers and watered with ya-yoo juice. Votes: 1

...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their ignorance and snobbery by lying and saying that when I write SF it isn't SF, but to tell them more or less patiently for forty or fifty years that they are wrong to exclude SF and fantasy from literature, and proving my arguments by writing well. Votes: 1

Science Fiction is the jazz of literature. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the very literature of change. Votes: 0

Science Fiction is a branch of children's literature. Votes: 0

Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature. Votes: 0

Literature takes its revenge on reality by making it the slave of fiction ... Votes: 0

Literature and fiction are two entirely different things. Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity. Votes: 0

Fantasy is the oldest form of literature and science fiction is just a new twist on it. Votes: 0

Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. Votes: 0

Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation. Votes: 0

[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings. Votes: 0

Modern science fiction is the only form of literature that consistently considers the nature of the changes that face us. Votes: 0

The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction. Votes: 0

It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth. Votes: 0

I am in the interesting position of being sometimes skimmed by the critics and called literature and sometimes called historical fiction. Votes: 0

Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both truth and art. Votes: 0

The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. Votes: 0

I'm sold as a literary writer in Holland; I'm sold as crime fiction in England. I think of it as just literature. Votes: 0

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century. Votes: 0

In high school I was drawn to the study of literature, poetry Shakespeare, contemporary fiction, drama, you name it - I read it. Votes: 0

Science fiction is hard to define because it is the literature of change and it changes while you are trying to define it. Votes: 0

Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog. Votes: 0

Civilization means food and literature all round. Beefsteaks and fiction magazines for all. First-class proteins for the body, fourth-class love-stories for the spirit. Votes: 0

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on. Votes: 0

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new forms. Votes: 0

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're making literature. Votes: 0

Arabs don't do crime fiction. I read crime fiction and I read Arabic literature, and I wish this was a novel I could have read in Arabic. Votes: 0

I've spoken out my whole life against the idea of simply dismissing whole areas of fiction by saying it's "genre" and therefore can't be seen as literature. Votes: 0

Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination. Votes: 0