I love the way the shrinkage of the [ice] floe imposes this tightening dramatic focus to the action. They are being forced closer together even as they are trying to pull further apart. I like to think of it as an adventure story for adults rather than a Hardy Boys type thing. I sort of avoided the genre of historical fiction in the past because I always thought of it as a sub-genre and I knew it could easily lend itself to either costume drama or boyish adventure. I wanted it to be more complicated thematically and intellectually but I also wanted it to be a page-turner.
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Reality shows are all the rage on TV at the moment.. But that's not reality, it's just another aesthetic form of fiction.
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It is a fiction that [Fifth Street] is a four-lane street. It's a two-lane street with two left-turn lanes.
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She was very important in helping me form a certain sensibility about writing fiction. I read her 13 short stories over and over and over again. I studied them and I loved them.
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The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.
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I'm a devotee of Dracula, which was a pathfinder in horror and vampire fiction.
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Although history textbooks contain facts and information and historical fiction provides entertainment, well-told biographies bridge the gap for children by combining historical accuracy along with engaging stories. It is time to bridge that gap for the middle grade student.
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As a kid, I fell in love with the EC Comics from the '50s. It was illegal to produce horror and science fiction in the state of New York because of EC Comics. They just went over the line. Their covers were hangings and brutal stabbings.
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I think was Harry Truman who said, 'If you want to live like a Republican, vote Democratic,'.. The idea that somehow a Democratic majority is harmful for the economy strikes me as fanciful. It's financial fiction.
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These people spout off as though a large part of the population is going to be able to do something like this. It's just way beyond reality. It's just pure science fiction.
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['The Kite Runner'] is one of those classic works of fiction that speaks on so many different levels.
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[Writer Tom Piazza was born on Long Island but now calls New Orleans home.] New Orleans has a personality unlike any other city,.. It has its own architecture, its own vegetation, its own smells and cuisine, and, obviously, its own music--many types of its own music. It is relaxed, and a high percentage of the population knows the value of a good meal, a good laugh, some cold beer and crawfish, and a good band. These are highly conducive to the production of good fiction, too.
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If you are inclined to leave your character solitary for any considerable length of time, better question yourself. Fiction is association, not withdrawal.
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There may always be another reality to make fiction of the one we live in.
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People with PTSD tell me their life is so miserable, they're willing to try anything to feel better. I'm amazed that what seemed to be science fiction just a few years ago is being tested. So this is a really big move forward.
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I think myself and a lot of other documentary directors owe a debt to fiction filmmaking. The key was to follow the characters and let the narrative be your guide, without getting distracted by other things. By structuring 'Enron' like a heist film, it enables people to understand enough of the complexity without getting bogged down by it.
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What people need to realize is they have a first person view of history and as many of the personal accounts that we can gather need to be documented for future generations. I know that all of the memories that I've recorded will be kept with all my important papers in a safety deposit box. Everyone has a story that's a piece of history and even if they're not a great fiction writer, author or reporter they can still do this.
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I'm sorry I'm not able to be here. It is this attention of yours that has helped me to flourish for the past couple of decades, as an unapologetic writer of short fiction.
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[The White House maintains it had no role in any DNC fund-raising. But one expert calls that] passing the buck... Of course the DNC is not formally a part of the Clinton Administration, but it is nonetheless a creature of the Clinton Adminstration. They should cease the fiction that the DNC is somehow independent from the president and the Democrats.
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Every song I write, even if it's fiction, I have to draw from something in my life to connect it with before it rings true,.. Early on in my career, I had points where I felt like I may have run out of ideas. Now I know that if I'm short of ideas, I need to take some time off and let the well fill up.. And live life because that's where the best songs come from.
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It's either someone impersonating them, or it's an utter work of fiction.
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DNA films are delighted to continue our relationship with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland by producing and financing their exciting science fiction film.
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My kids are not happy. The general sentiment is, yes, there is still a message here and, yes, it is powerful. But to call it fiction [and not memoir].
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Candace did work here a while [in the '90s, as a contributing editor who wrote features]. I'm sure she draws on lots of her experiences, and I'm sure it's a work of fiction and that it's entertaining... She's a wonderful writer.
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If you write fiction you are, in a sense, corrupted. There's a tremendous corruptibility for the fiction writer because you're dealing mainly with sex and violence. These remain the basic themes, they're the basic themes of Shakespeare whether you like it or not.
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