Read quote“I like to have the freedom a novelist has.”
About Fiction
Imagined narratives, storytelling, and invented worlds across literary and popular culture.
The collection
Words on Fiction
Read quote“The life of a journalist is not the romantic crusade that the script writers have made it out to be.”
Read quote“What I prefer is if the work allows the viewer to somehow create these events or fictions.”
Read quote“En el teatro todo es mentira, menos lo que representa el actor.”
Read quote“Writing a novel is a socially approved way of sitting in a corner and fantasizing.”
Read quote“My process is thinking, thinking and thinking -- thinking about my stories for a long time.”
Read quote“Man is, in his actions and practice, as well as in his fictions, essentially a story-telling animal.”
Read quote“What future do I want to live in: ‘Star Trek’ or ‘Blade Runner’?”
Read quote“When I’m writing novels, reality and unreality just naturally get mixed together.”
Read quote“When you're writing a story, it often feels less like you're doing architecture and more like you're doing excavation—we're just unearthing it.”
Read quote“I had little time to stop, make deep friendships. I could indulge a leaning toward speculation and fantasy.”
