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Fictional Quotes

I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner Picture Quote #1

It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film Picture Quote #1

We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I’d write ‘The Calling’ as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me Picture Quote #1

Because of an instability at my own core, it comforts me to live, fixed, within a story. If reading is our consolation for having been allotted only one life, I find that writing oneself into a fictional world is even more comforting Picture Quote #1

I’ve never gone through the paces that writing textbooks sometimes recommend, such as writing out a character’s biography, or determining what his favorite food is, or most traumatic memory, etc. - that’s always seemed like a fraudulent way of assembling a fictional person Picture Quote #1

As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer’s ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life Picture Quote #1

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In a film muddied by fictional detail, the new Spielberg production ‘Fifth Estate’’s portrayal of the ‘Guardian’’s work with Wikileaks is accurate in describing the running dispute between journalists who wanted to redact documents to make them safe and Julian Assange, who wanted no such restraint Picture Quote #1

I put a lot of effort in creating something fictional, yet very personal, because Shook is a defining part of me and my music: the Shook entity is much like the Batman or Superman comics characters. I like the idea that I can have this image that represents a part of me, but isn’t really me, kind of like an alter ego Picture Quote #1

It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I’m sitting there conceiving a story, they just pop up Picture Quote #1

The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you’ve read has a cameo role in another. I think that recognition is a very, very powerful phenomenon; it is one of the deepest and greatest pleasures of reading Picture Quote #1

I wouldn’t want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world Picture Quote #1

In every film, whether it’s a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with Picture Quote #1

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When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it’s a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else’s point of view, whether he’s a good guy or a bad guy Picture Quote #1

Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters’ moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet Picture Quote #1

I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then I blend in a romantic and sensual love story to give it balance. The heavier the history, the more romantic the couple must be Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author’s. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives Picture Quote #1

In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn’t be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink Picture Quote #1

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I populated ‘The Bourne Identity’ with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character Picture Quote #1

Those rosy memories we all share are actually memories from our favorite TV shows. We’ve confused our own childhoods with episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, and The Brady Bunch. In real life, Ozzie had a very visible mistress for years, Bud and Kitten on Father Knows Best grew up to become major druggies, and Mom on The Brady Bunch dated her fifteen-year-old fictional son Picture Quote #1

The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness Picture Quote #1

Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones’s] are fictional comedy diaries - not a history of the Battle of Waterloo Picture Quote #1

If you look at television shows, which of course are fictional so you don’t expect them to be real, but they’re constantly showing career women who are also successful mothers and also look gorgeous. And we fall into believing that these fictional lives are somehow accurate depictions of what our real lives should be about Picture Quote #1

The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do Picture Quote #1

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The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined Picture Quote #1

It’s more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character Picture Quote #1

I love just seeing shots of New York inside of a fictional movie that are not controlled. I do not like shots with extras, I have to say. I don’t mind extras in other scenes, but I love New York City streets just as they look. I don’t even care if someone looks at the camera. It doesn’t bother me Picture Quote #1

We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can’t get anywhere near as complex as a real person Picture Quote #1

When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren’t necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill Picture Quote #1

When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you’re not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they’re driving the vehicle Picture Quote #1

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I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner (Fictional Quotes) It’s a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film (Fictional Quotes) We are already so many things by the time we reach the middle of life that it is possible to see that really anything can happen, and that, by extension, anything is doable. I decided I’d write ‘The Calling’ as someone else. Another writer entirely, a fictional one who would be played by me (Fictional Quotes) Because of an instability at my own core, it comforts me to live, fixed, within a story. If reading is our consolation for having been allotted only one life, I find that writing oneself into a fictional world is even more comforting (Fictional Quotes) I’ve never gone through the paces that writing textbooks sometimes recommend, such as writing out a character’s biography, or determining what his favorite food is, or most traumatic memory, etc. - that’s always seemed like a fraudulent way of assembling a fictional person (Fictional Quotes) As for most writers, language is vital for me: a writer’s ability to render a fictional world - characters, landscape, emotions - into something original that alters or deepens my understanding of both literature and life (Fictional Quotes) In a film muddied by fictional detail, the new Spielberg production ‘Fifth Estate’’s portrayal of the ‘Guardian’’s work with Wikileaks is accurate in describing the running dispute between journalists who wanted to redact documents to make them safe and Julian Assange, who wanted no such restraint (Fictional Quotes) I put a lot of effort in creating something fictional, yet very personal, because Shook is a defining part of me and my music: the Shook entity is much like the Batman or Superman comics characters. I like the idea that I can have this image that represents a part of me, but isn’t really me, kind of like an alter ego. (Fictional Quotes) It seems natural to surround my fictional world with animals because my reality is full of them. When I’m sitting there conceiving a story, they just pop up. (Fictional Quotes) The fictional world seems larger, seems to have more dimension and richness when, for example, the protagonist from one novel you’ve read has a cameo role in another. I think that recognition is a very, very powerful phenomenon; it is one of the deepest and greatest pleasures of reading. (Fictional Quotes) I wouldn’t want everybody to be an art or literature major, but the world would be poorer - figuratively, anyway - if we were all coding software or running companies. We also want musicians to awaken our souls, writers to lead us into fictional lands, and philosophers to help us exercise our minds and engage the world. (Fictional Quotes) In every film, whether it’s a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with. (Fictional Quotes) When you play a character, you get to see the world through their eyes. Whether it’s a fictional world or a real world, you do get to see somebody else’s point of view, whether he’s a good guy or a bad guy. (Fictional Quotes) Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters’ moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings standards that no one they know in real life could possibly meet. (Fictional Quotes) I love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period meticulously, and then I blend in a romantic and sensual love story to give it balance. The heavier the history, the more romantic the couple must be. (Fictional Quotes) 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. (Fictional Quotes) I think a fictional invention grows according to its own development, not the author’s. Characters in fiction are not simply as alive as you and me, they are more alive. Becky Sharp, Elizabeth Bennett, and Don Quixote may not outlive the burning out of the sun, but they will certainly outlive the brief candle of our lives. (Fictional Quotes) In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn’t be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink. (Fictional Quotes) I populated ‘The Bourne Identity’ with real characters from American history, specifically characters from the Iran-Contra affair, which my father ran the investigation of. But at the heart of it was a fictional character. (Fictional Quotes) Those rosy memories we all share are actually memories from our favorite TV shows. We’ve confused our own childhoods with episodes of Ozzie and Harriet, Father Knows Best, and The Brady Bunch. In real life, Ozzie had a very visible mistress for years, Bud and Kitten on Father Knows Best grew up to become major druggies, and Mom on The Brady Bunch dated her fifteen-year-old fictional son. (Fictional Quotes) The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness (Fictional Quotes) Of course the chronology of the books is a bit back- to - front, and books usually come out before movies. But happily, these [Bridget Jones’s] are fictional comedy diaries - not a history of the Battle of Waterloo. (Fictional Quotes) If you look at television shows, which of course are fictional so you don’t expect them to be real, but they’re constantly showing career women who are also successful mothers and also look gorgeous. And we fall into believing that these fictional lives are somehow accurate depictions of what our real lives should be about. (Fictional Quotes) The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do. (Fictional Quotes) The story line of my novel [The Kite Runner] is largely fictional. The characters were invented and the plot imagined. (Fictional Quotes) It’s more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character. (Fictional Quotes) I love just seeing shots of New York inside of a fictional movie that are not controlled. I do not like shots with extras, I have to say. I don’t mind extras in other scenes, but I love New York City streets just as they look. I don’t even care if someone looks at the camera. It doesn’t bother me. (Fictional Quotes) We, people, are so very, very complicated that no matter how well drawn a fictional character is, they can’t get anywhere near as complex as a real person. (Fictional Quotes) When we talk about dystopias, especially in young adult fiction, a lot of them are essentially science fictional futures. They aren’t necessarily tied to the traditional concept of dystopia. And so in that space, my impression is that kids love reading about weird, wild, adventurous places, and dystopia fits that bill. (Fictional Quotes) When I write fiction, I have the illusion of being able to control these fictional worlds and these characters, and to make them say what I want them to say. Of course, the problem is that it is an illusion, and by the end of it you realize that you’re not in control of it at all; the characters have taken over, and they’re driving the vehicle. (Fictional Quotes)

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