"Good fiction creates its own reality."

Literature, Fiction, Reality, Imagination, Creation

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"Literature is analysis after the event."

Doris Lessing, English Writer

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"A book is as private and consensual as sex."

Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist

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"For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their writers all the time. We know plenty about Goethe and Charles Dickens from what they chose to tell, even though they have been dead for years."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing."

Alan Moore, British Writer

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"When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions."

John Morley, British Statesman

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"I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these."- Mr. Darcy."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Tell me of your Willoughbys, Heathcliffs and Wickhams in literature and I will tell you I met them all."

Shannon L. Alder, American Author

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"I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Bright light. You've always found your way."

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"My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life."

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"Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits."

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"Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing."

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"For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American."

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"I wouldn't waste a day, not an hour, not a moment. Take what you want and damn caution. Live, enjoy. Feed ravenously. Or the biggest regret you'll have at the end of your life is wasted time."

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"I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the romance."

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"Literature is analysis after the event."

"A book is as private and consensual as sex."

"For the narrative to exist, so that it could be read and reread even if I was taken away. Stories outlive their writers all the time. We know plenty about Goethe and Charles Dickens from what they chose to tell, even though they have been dead for years."

"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature."

"I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing."

"When you think about the period in which Agatha Christie's crime novels were written, they are actually quite edgy for the time."

"Literature, the most seductive, the most deceiving, the most dangerous of professions."

"I cannot comprehend the neglect of a family library in such days as these."- Mr. Darcy."

"Tell me of your Willoughbys, Heathcliffs and Wickhams in literature and I will tell you I met them all."

"I am no indiscriminate novel reader. The mere trash of the common circulating library I hold in the highest contempt."

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"Bright light. You've always found your way."

"My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life."

"Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits."

"Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing."

"For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American."

"I wouldn't waste a day, not an hour, not a moment. Take what you want and damn caution. Live, enjoy. Feed ravenously. Or the biggest regret you'll have at the end of your life is wasted time."

"In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book."

"Compromise isn't so painful if you're the one setting the terms."

"Anything worth anything can be found in books."

"I admire independence. The world would be a stronger place if we were all capable of handling life on our own. But being capable of it doesn't mean being unable to share and depend on someone else. It shouldn't mean being unwilling to. That's the romance."