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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.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be read 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 only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of read more
A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study read 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.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.
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.
