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Stories are not explanations of the world we live in. Science does that, and math does that. Our obligation as fiction writers is to enhance the mysteries.
Tim O'Brien
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Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to come out. Because they have to - the material demands it.
William Gibson
I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning 'full of the spirit.' I do believe that it comes to you.
Jimmy Webb
The art of the cuisine, when fully mastered, is the one human capability of which only good things can be said.
Friedrich Durrenmatt
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We're telling a story. And the demands of that are different from the demands of a documentary. The audience must believe in order to keep faith in the story.
Bradley Whitford
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
Roald Dahl
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I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.
Nora Roberts
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I have inspiration and feelings of being alive most every day I live.


Judy Collins
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There is no particular Socratic or Dimechian or Kantian way to live your life. They don't offer ethical codes and standards by which to live your life.
Stephen Fry
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If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.
Dick Cheney
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I'm not satisfied with the explanations I get from tv or from school.


Erykah Badu
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My work as a screenwriter has influenced my fiction. Writing screenplays forces you to consider many elements regarding story structure and other narrative devices that can be used to enhance the infinitely more complex demands of a novel.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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Being a novelist is the adult version of a kid creating a make-believe world. But unlike a child, a writer of fiction has to come up with a structured story, one that has as much meaning for others as it has for her.
Susan Isaacs
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I have always been fascinated by the way things work and how they came to take the form that they did. Writing about these things satisfies my curiosity about the made world while at the same time giving me an opportunity to design a new explanation for the processes that shape it.
Henry Petroski
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Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).
Frederik Pohl
Fondue sets, martini shakers and juicing machines: three things the world could live completely without.
Douglas Coupland
I think we would all like to believe that every new event demands a new word. But we're environmentally conscious with our words. We recycle words we've got.
Erin McKean
I know that plans and reality may be two different things, but I think my demands on life are minimal.
Moshe Dayan
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What is the thing that Hollywood demands most? Sincerity. No place in the world will pay such a high price for this admirable trait.
Hattie McDaniel
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Bigotry has always been the poison of America, and we oughta do everything to eradicate it with no excuses or explanations.
Chuck Schumer