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I go to readings by fiction writers like Alice Walker, and I'm envious of the level of attention they generate.

~Derrick Bell

Topics: Alice Attention Envious Fiction Fiction Writers Generate Go Level Like Readings Walker Writers

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For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.

~Diablo Cody

Topics: Essays Fiction Great Great Way Me Prose Way Writing

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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Both Character Conflict Fiction Good Heart Mystery Those

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Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: About Concepts Cultural Fascinating Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Most Things

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If you're writing something that's clearly labelled as an alternative history, of course it's perfectly legitimate to play with known historical characters and events, but less so when you're writing an essentially straight historical fiction.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Alternative Characters Clearly Course Essentially Events Fiction Historical Historical Fiction History Known Labelled Legitimate Less Perfectly Play Something Straight Writing You

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When' Voyager', the third book of the series, hit the 'New York Times' bestseller list, they very honorably redesigned the covers and started calling them fiction.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Bestseller Book Calling Covers Fiction Hit List New New York New York Times Series Started Them Third Times Very York

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When I turned 35, I thought, 'Mozart was dead at 36, so I set the bar: I'm going to start writing a book on my next birthday.' I thought historical fiction would be easiest because I was a university professor and know my way around a library, and it seemed easier to look things up than make them up.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Around Bar Because Birthday Book Dead Easier Easiest Fiction Going Historical Historical Fiction Know Library Look Make Mozart Next Professor Seemed Set Start Than Them Things Thought Turned University Up Way Would Writing

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I will literally read anything, regardless of genre, fiction or non-fiction, as long as it's well written.

~Diana Gabaldon

Topics: Anything Fiction Genre Literally Long Non-Fiction Read Regardless Well Will Written

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Whenever you're dealing with something that's difficult to describe, that you can't get across to someone in a sound bite, it sounds like the normal default is to pick what's easiest, and in the case of fiction written by women, fiction involving women, fiction involving any sort of relationship, the word that comes to mind is 'romance.'

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: Across Any Bite Case Dealing Default Describe Difficult Easiest Fiction Get Involving Like Mind Normal Pick Relationship Romance Someone Something Sort Sound Sound Bite Sounds Whenever Women Word Written You

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Cultural concepts are one of the most fascinating things about historical fiction. There's always a temptation, I think, among some historical writers to shade things toward the modern point of view. You know, they won't show someone doing something that would have been perfectly normal for the time but that is considered reprehensible today.

~Diana Galbadon

Topics: About Always Among Been Concepts Considered Cultural Doing Fascinating Fiction Historical Historical Fiction Know Modern Most Normal Perfectly Point Point Of View Reprehensible Shade Show Some Someone Something Temptation Things Think Time Today Toward View Would Writers You I Think

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