“The best fiction rarely provides answers; but it does formulate the questions exceptionally well.” — Julian Barnes Copy Share Image
The best Science Fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field. — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible. — Robert Morgan Copy Share Image
At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world. — Charles Baxter Copy Share Image
“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.” — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people,… — Joyce Carol Oates Copy Share Image
We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“I think that the best fiction is directly rooted in an ability to identify and tell the psychological truth about people.” — Alistair Cross Copy Share Image
The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
“The best fiction rises – yes, like a phoenix – out of the ashes of people’s sad, true disasters. We write in… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
Biographies never feel as real as the best fiction. There is such a discontinuity between the narrative and the material it comes… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
“What the best fiction does is make powerful affirmations of familiar truths...the trivial fiction which times filters out is that which either… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created… — Anne Edwards Copy Share Image
Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home.… — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
