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    Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

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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.

by William Faulkner Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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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

by Simone Weil Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

by Herman Wouk Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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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.

by Stanley Kubrick Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

by Mark Twain Found in: Fiction Quotes, Truth Quotes,
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Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

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For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

by Lord Byron Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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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.

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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.

by V. S. Naipaul Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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