In Bosnian, there’s no distinction in literature between fiction and nonfiction; there’s no word describing that. – Aleksandar Hemon
The ’70s was a decade that was crammed with prominent women science fiction writers, and a lot of women made their debut in that decade or really came to prominence. – Ann Leckie
When I was a kid, I had no perception whatever that science fiction was supposed to be a boys’ club. – Ann Leckie
I love fiction that sounds like fact. As a matter of fact, I also like fact that sounds like fiction. – Ashwin Sanghi
The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms. – Antony Beevor
I’m a novelist. I’m not a crusader, and I’m not an editorial writer. And I’m not writing fiction to convince anybody of anything. – Alice McDermott
I read pretty eclectically – fiction, non-fiction, and poetry – and I’ve been inspired and influenced by a number of writers. – Barry Eisler
I’m a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy – not so much horror because I get a bit scared. – Michael Sheen
A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. – Frederik Pohl
I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t. – Philip Roth
When you write fiction, you have an ideal reader in your mind who’s sort of you but smarter. – Darin Strauss
It’s safe to say that all poets are manic-depressives, but fiction writers are on that scale, too. – Ethan Canin
I write both fiction and nonfiction. I begin my fiction with the main character. The story comes later. – David A. Adler
What I don’t like is constructing a book that fits in with any kind of generic template, whether it’s fiction or nonfiction. – Geoff Dyer
There are works of fiction which seek to explain jihadi terrorists as the militant wing of Amnesty International. I don’t buy that. – Chris Morris