“The older I've got the less I find myself going back and re-reading or really reading new fiction or poetry.”
Reynolds Price
“It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”
Mark Twain
“For one who reads, there is no limit to the number of lives that may be lived, for fiction, biography, and history offer an inexhaustible number of lives in many parts of the world, in all periods of time.”
Louis L'Amour
“The future of English fiction may rest with this Unknown Public -- a reading public of three millions which lies right out of the pale of true literary civilization -- which is now waiting to be taught the difference between a good book and a bad.”
Wilkie Collins
“I remember being a kid and reading all the dog books I could come across, both fiction and nonfiction.”
Gail Toracinta
“Fiction is always pushed in schools as the holy grail of reading. Boys tend to like non-fiction more.”
Jon Scieszka
“I think once they get into it and read it, they'll plug right in to it, ... It's not fiction. It's the real thing. The message and underlying theme are serious. There are parts of this book that are downright disturbing.”
Carl Hiaasen
