Modern Fiction Quotes

“I once bought my producer a case of Mountain Dew, his favorite soda, as a thank you for all he'd done for me. He was really surprised - his favorite drink is actually 7UP. But he complimented me for getting the color of the can right.”
― John Bennardo, Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake

“If you didn't already know, game show talent works fewer days a year than almost every profession, except maybe members of Congress.”
― John Bennardo, Just a Typo: The Cancellation of Celebrity Mo Riverlake

“And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst, she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her, as well as honour and love her, for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured.”
― Virginia Woolf, Selected Essays

“You can’t even read American fiction to get a sense of how actual life is lived these days. You read American fiction to learn about dysfunctional white folk doing things that are weird to normal white folks.”
― Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Americanah

“Solitude of this kind makes me unaware.

The roots that bind my person,

makes me yearn for freedom and more.

I wish there was light to lead,

I wish there was music to soothe,

I wish I knew the complete story,

I wish I had some vision and more.”
― Pooja Subramanian, Twigs Entwined