Quotes About Fiction

In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.

When a character bears the same name as the author it's just an invitation to have some fun.

Believe it or not, friendships are difficult to write in fiction. They can easily come across as forced, particularly if they involve too much explication and too many overt gestures of affection.

I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories are really involving.

I'm very keenly aware that there aren't very many women writing literary fiction in Ireland and so that gives me a sense that what I say matters, in some small way.

I'm a really big Marvel person. I like Marvel. I am a big fan of the Avengers and Iron Man.

When the state was going to tell you what your future would be, science fiction was irrelevant.

I've read everything that Isaac Asimov ever wrote, for a start. I'm massively into my fantasy genre, anything by R.A. Salvatore or David Gemmell. I've read every single book those writers have written.

The other one I did was 'I, Robot.' I take apart Isaac Asimov's Robots world.

I tend to read mostly 20th-century fiction, 20th-, 21st-century fiction in Italian.

Jack Reacher is one of the sexiest characters in fiction.

I really like the character of Jack Reacher - I thought he was interesting.

I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.

James Cain was saddled with being called the father of hardboiled fiction. Apparently, he didn't like this saddle.

There comes a time in every man's life when he realises he will never be James Bond.

I have always hated that damn James Bond. I'd like to kill him.

I could never be James Bond.

I'm a big James Bond fan. I've got a collection of them.

When James Bond presses the watch and the car explodes, the writer doesn't go into the science of it. One should leave it to the leap of faith. I have tried to explain as much as possible, and what I can't, I have left it to people's imagination.

I want to be James Bond! I don't want to be Doctor Who.

I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.

I think it's Jerry's masterful fiction writing.

I'm the Jerry Lewis of crime fiction.

Sure, I'll have characters drop in and out of books but the main cast of characters always changes. Maybe I'm wrong but I think if had the same joe detective guy or gal, I wouldn't write them as well; I wouldn't do as good a job.