There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.
Orson Scott CardTag: society on-fiction fiction storytelling
Reading is an intelligent way of not having to think.
Walter MoersTag: reading on-fiction fiction
Fiction is the only way to redeem the formlessness of life
Martin AmisTag: literature on-fiction fiction
But wishes are only granted in fairy tales.
Simone ElkelesTag: on-fiction fiction wishes fairy-tales young-adult perfect-chemistry bhie alex-fuentes simon-elkeles
You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid.
John WatersTag: truth reading literature on-fiction fiction
There's always moral instruction whether the writer inserts it deliberately or not. The least effective moral instruction in fiction is that which is consciously inserted. Partly because it won't reflect the storyteller's true beliefs, it will only reflect what he BELIEVES he believes, or what he thinks he should believe or what he's been persuaded of.
But when you write without deliberately expressing moral teachings, the morals that show up are the ones you actually live by. The beliefs that you don't even think to question, that you don't even notice-- those will show up. And that tells much more truth about what you believe than your deliberate moral machinations.
Tag: morality writing on-fiction fiction
Why should I want to make anything up? Life's bad enough as it is without wanting to invent any more of it.
Douglas AdamsTag: life on-fiction fiction marvin 248
The thing about real life is, when you do something stupid, it normally costs you. In books the heroes can make as many mistakes as they like. It doesn't matter what they do, because everything works out in the end. They'll beat the bad guys and put things right and everything ends up cool.
In real life, vacuum cleaners kill spiders. If you cross a busy road without looking, you get whacked by a car. If you fall from a tree, you break some bones.
Real life's nasty. It's cruel. It doesn't care about heroes and happy endings and the way things should be. In real life, bad things happen. People die. Fights are lost. Evil often wins.
I just wanted to make that clear before I begun.
Tag: reality on-fiction fiction consequences
The best fiction is true.
Kinky FriedmanTag: humor truth on-fiction fiction
if something is there, you can only see it with your eyes open, but if it isn't there, you can see it just as well with your eyes closed. That's why imaginary things are often easier to see than real ones.
Norton JusterTag: humor imagination illusions reality fantasy on-fiction fiction imaginary children-s
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