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Fiction Quotes

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction Picture Quote #1

There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We’re in science fiction now Picture Quote #1

It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written Picture Quote #1

I keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction Picture Quote #1

All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this fair, and make it something larger than life Picture Quote #1

Fiction, I believed, was the transmutation of experiential dross into linguistic gold. Fiction meant taking up whatever the world had abandoned by the road and making something beautiful out of it Picture Quote #1

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Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades Picture Quote #1

I think the one thing that’s changed over time is that I’ve come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don’t think it will work out, doesn’t mean that it actually won’t Picture Quote #1

Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction Picture Quote #1

Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable Picture Quote #1

Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over Picture Quote #1

A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey Picture Quote #1

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When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world Picture Quote #1

Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money Picture Quote #1

The object of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction Picture Quote #1

Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? Picture Quote #1

People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip Picture Quote #1

This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another Picture Quote #1

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No more fiction, for now we calculate; but that we may calculate, we had to make fiction first Picture Quote #1

No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real Picture Quote #1

Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It’s the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear Picture Quote #1

I’ve reached the point where tedium is a person, the incarnate fiction of my own company Picture Quote #1

You can’t be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling Picture Quote #1

Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out Picture Quote #1

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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them Picture Quote #1

The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses Picture Quote #1

I don’t think there’s such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind Picture Quote #1

Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth Picture Quote #1

Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it’s about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that all science is a tool, and we use our tools not to actualise what we know, but to implement how we feel Picture Quote #1

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace Picture Quote #1

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The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction (Fiction Quotes) There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We’re in science fiction now (Fiction Quotes) It is true that some of my fiction was based on actual events. But the events took place after the fiction was written (Fiction Quotes) I keep losing and regaining my equilibrium, which is the basic plot of all popular fiction. And I myself am a work of fiction (Fiction Quotes) All fiction comes from a little bit of reality, otherwise it would have no relevance. The fun is in innovation, take something real like this fair, and make it something larger than life (Fiction Quotes) Fiction, I believed, was the transmutation of experiential dross into linguistic gold. Fiction meant taking up whatever the world had abandoned by the road and making something beautiful out of it (Fiction Quotes) Conflict and character are the heart of good fiction, and good mystery has both of those in spades (Fiction Quotes) I think the one thing that’s changed over time is that I’ve come to realise, as a fiction writer, the fact that I don’t think it will work out, doesn’t mean that it actually won’t (Fiction Quotes) Education must enable one to sift and weigh evidence, to discern the true from the false, the real from the unreal, and the facts from the fiction (Fiction Quotes) Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable (Fiction Quotes) Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gifts of seeing the world through their eyes. Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over (Fiction Quotes) A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey (Fiction Quotes) When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world (Fiction Quotes) Fiction that isn’t an author’s personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn’t worth writing for anything but money (Fiction Quotes) The object of fiction isn’t grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction (Fiction Quotes) Look, man, we’d probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but dramatize how dark and stupid everything is? (Fiction Quotes) People love gossip because it’s slightly removed from actuality. It’s a very literary thing... You can hear a great story, and it turns out that it’s largely not true. Fiction writing is like gossip. It’s not malicious gossip, but it’s gossip (Fiction Quotes) This body is a combination. It is only a fiction to say that I have one body, you another, and the sun another (Fiction Quotes) No more fiction, for now we calculate; but that we may calculate, we had to make fiction first (Fiction Quotes) No one wants to be part of a fiction, and even less so if that fiction is real (Fiction Quotes) Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It’s the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear (Fiction Quotes) I’ve reached the point where tedium is a person, the incarnate fiction of my own company (Fiction Quotes) You can’t be a serious writer of fiction unless you believe the story you are telling (Fiction Quotes) Part fact part fiction is what life is. And it is always a cover story. I wrote my way out (Fiction Quotes) Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them (Fiction Quotes) The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses (Fiction Quotes) I don’t think there’s such a thing as autobiographical fiction. If I say it happened, it happened, even if only in my mind (Fiction Quotes) Science and fiction both begin with similar questions: What if? Why? How does it all work? But they focus on different areas of life on earth (Fiction Quotes) Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it’s about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other truth is that all science is a tool, and we use our tools not to actualise what we know, but to implement how we feel (Fiction Quotes) There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace (Fiction Quotes)

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