Fiction Quotes
(1 - 10 of 15)A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.
A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he more
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be more
Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study more
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.
An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of more
A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.
Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free more
Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.
