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So my character on 'Tyrant' is a chap called Barry Al Fayeed, and he is the second son of a fictional Middle Eastern dictator. But, he has grown up since he was young in America. He's trained as a doctor. He's married a beautiful American girl, had two kids, so he's very much an American.

~Adam Rayner

Topics: Al America American Barry Beautiful Chap Character Dictator Doctor Eastern Fictional Girl Grown Had He Kids Married Middle Middle Eastern Much Second Since Son Trained Two Tyrant Up Very Young

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I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

~Adrian Tomine

Topics: About Always Fictional Little Stories

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For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it, so it's bloodless, a little too fictional.

~Aimee Mann

Topics: Between Bloodless Details Fictional Fine Fine Line Line Little Lots Me Much Removing Story Telling Then Too Too Much Yourself

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In 'Shadow Tag,' Erdrich creates scenes from a fictional marriage, that of two American Indians, Irene and her painter husband Gil, that suggest some of the worst psychological torments and stresses of real life.

~Alan Cheuse

Topics: American Creates Fictional Her Husband Indians Life Marriage Painter Psychological Real Real Life Scenes Shadow Some Stresses Suggest Tag Two Worst

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I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they can be really revealing.

~Alan Moore

Topics: About Adventure Characters Day Dreams End End Of The Day Fiction Fictional Heroic Our Our Dreams Ourselves Really Revealing Sometimes Suppose

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I was 9 when I wrote 'Fate Stay with Me.' It was this fictional song about romance gone wrong.

~Alanis Morissette

Topics: About Fate Fictional Gone Me Romance Song Stay Wrong Wrote

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We live in a science fictional world with things like cloning and face transplants, and things seem to be getting stranger and stranger.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Cloning Face Fictional Getting Like Live Science Seem Stranger Things World

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'Doctor Who' is part of my science fictional DNA. You could take it out of me, and I'd probably still have ended up being a writer, but almost certainly not the same one.

~Alastair Reynolds

Topics: Almost Being Certainly Could Doctor Doctor Who Ended Fictional Me Out Part Same Science Still Take Up Who Writer You Dna

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My approach is always the same. I try to be as honest as possible. Find the real honesty and humanity in the character because even a fictional character is supposed to feel real. And my job is to find that reality and bring it to the screen.

~Aldis Hodge

Topics: Always Approach Because Bring Character Even Feel Fictional Find Honest Honesty Humanity Job Possible Real Reality Same Screen Supposed Try

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It might be the history major in me, but I look to the past when I try to construct my fictional futures.

~Alexandra Bracken

Topics: Construct Fictional Futures History Look Major Me Might Past Try

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