You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
On an average day, we allow ourselves the fiction that we own a piece of our workplace. That's part of what it takes to get the job done. Deeper down, we know it's all on loan.
However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
Fiction gives us the second chances that life denies us.
Fiction is optimistic or unrealistic enough to demand that there should be a meaningful narrative.
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
Fiction is burdened for me with a sense of duty.
Being a fiction writer makes you someone who works with irresponsibility.
Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.