Fiction is burdened for me with a sense of duty.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.
Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written those books.
Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.
Fiction, even when it's grim and hard, is fun.
I don't read a great deal of fiction, to my shame, other than the classics.
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
Most fiction comes from your experience.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.
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