Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is…

“Good fiction doesn’t claim to mirror reality at all. It indicts reality by providing a paradigm of shape and order and justice—the way we…

— P.S. Baber

I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up.…

— Edwidge Danticat

Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.

— Anonymous

We need fantasy to survive because reality is too difficult.

— Lady Gaga

“people are so used to fictions that reality is difficult to react to”

— Sissel Tolaas

I think that being on a reality show is difficult. We're expected to be honest, and especially since we are honest, it creates issues…

— Kyle Richards

A lot of times you talk about what you know, but since our reality is so difficult, its hard to think about travelling beyond…

— Kevin Grevioux

I love telling stories, but I also am more aware now of how complex reality is and how difficult it is to really explain…

— Robyn

The masses think that is is easy to flee from reality, when it is the most difficult thing in the world.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

Social media is incredible: it creates a community that I'm really proud to be a part of, but it also creates illusions and a…

— Ella Woodward

“Good fiction makes the truth believable.”

— Tarrant Smith

Once you finish a book, it doesn't belong to you anymore. You're giving it to other people. If something in what a writer writes…

— Paul Auster

“Good fiction writers have an instinctive understanding of human nature. That's what makes stories and characters captivating. Good spiritual writers share what they sincerely…

— Donna Goddard

We're completely confused about the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. To me, the moment you compose, you're fictionalising; the moment you remember, you're dreaming.…

— David Shields

About the time you might start to think that science fiction - the real stuff, not the species of fantasy that goes under the…

— Lois Tilton