Quotes About Fiction

I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader. That's science fiction; it isn't going to happen.

When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall. But writing fiction takes gall.

I loved 'Game Of Thrones.'

With 'Game of Thrones' you're not really dealing with anything that is based in reality. You have dragons and magic and all of that.

I'm addicted to 'Game Of Thrones.'

I played lots of games, and I was a fan of gaming, so I was always looking for new games. I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies.

I knew so many gangsters, and I call on that experience with them for characters.

There's a market for fiction based on financial services. People wanted me to write stories based on this sector. There's a gap in the market, and I'm trying to fill it.

I've often thought even ragtag gatherings of documentary filmmakers are more fun than gatherings of fiction filmmakers.

I'm a bit of a geek, actually. So I always wanted my first film to be science fiction.

If ever there was a character that was never defined by gender, it's the Doctor. The Doctor is gender fluid in that sense.

I really enjoy working in genre series, because you really have to create the characters.

People just want to watch movies that are entertaining, it doesn't matter what genre it is.

I'm a huge sci-fi/fantasy/horror guy. I love anything in the sci-fi or fantasy genre.

In any genre you're working in, you can always find a way to tell a particular kind of story. I love fantasy; I love science fiction. I love all kinds of fiction, in fact.

I always wanted to do action-adventure, and science fiction genres were always something that were of great interest to me.

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

Why a ghost story? Well, I love them. They're fun to read - and, yes, fun to write.

Ghost has always been about make-believe.

Whenever I run out of people to write about, I cook up a few ghosts, or they appear before me.

I read a lot of science fiction and biography - these are my two favorite genres. My favorite science fiction writers are Hertling, Suarez, Gibson and Stephenson, but I enjoy many others. I dislike reading business books, although I skim a lot of them.

I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.

'The Godfather' was the glorification of a bunch of bums who never existed.

When I die, I'm gonna leave my body to science fiction.