“The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Nothing - and everything - about it is real.”

“Reading is important, because if you can read, you can learn anything about everything and everything about anything.”

Tomie dePaola (1934) American children's illustrator and writer

“Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.”

Jennifer Weiner (1970) American writer

“General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.”

Marvin Minsky (1927–2016) American cognitive scientist

“Everything interesting takes place in the dark; there is no doubt about it. We know nothing of the true story of the men.”

Louis-ferdinand Céline book Journey to the End of the Night

“I'm known as a survivor now, I hope so, for the jail thing, bullets and everything, controversies and everything, I hope so. And I want to be in the future known as somebody. You know I want people to be talking about me like you know: "remember when he was real bad, remember when Tupac was real bad". You know what I mean, they do that about a lot of actors now, like John Travolta I read stories like "remember you were wild."”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Fiction is about everything human and we are made out of dust, and if you scorn getting yourself dusty, then you shouldn't try to write fiction. It's not a grand enough job for you.”

Flannery O’Connor (1925–1964) American novelist, short story writer

“I'm about to start reading it again, because what good is a story you only want to read once?”

Bill Willingham (1956) American comics writer and artist

“Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.”

Orson Scott Card book Ender's Game

“You never read about the real pain. It lives where no word can travel.”

Vanna Bonta (1958–2014) Italian-American writer, poet, inventor, actress, voice artist (1958-2014)