Famous quotes containing the words fiction and/or authors:
“If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.”
—William Gass (b. 1924)
“Some authors have what amounts to a metaphysical approach. They admit to inspiration. Sudden and unaccountable urgencies to write catapult them out of sleep and bed. For myself, I have never awakened to jot down an idea that was acceptable the following morning.”
—Fannie Hurst (1889–1968)