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title: "25 Best Fiction Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 25 Best Fiction quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Best Fiction sayings and thoughts."
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> [The best fiction stays with you and changes you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-a-obreht/the-best-fiction-stays-with-you-and-changes-you/)

[Tea Obreht](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-a-obreht/)

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> [“The best fiction is true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinky-friedman/the-best-fiction-is-true/)

[Kinky Friedman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kinky-friedman/)

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> [“The best liars write the best fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-roberts/the-best-liars-write-the-best-fiction/)

[Robert M. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-roberts/)

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> [...at it's best fiction is medicine.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/at-it-s-best-fiction-is-medicine/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15a/dean-koontz-118_best_at-it-s-best-fiction-is-medicine-2452551_2452551.jpg)

> [“The best fiction writers are the most believable liars...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bea-cannon/the-best-fiction-writers-are-the-most-believable-liars/)

[Bea Cannon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bea-cannon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/bea-cannon-40065_writing_the-best-fiction-writers-are-the-most-be_2115954.jpg)

> [“The best fiction rarely provides answers; but it does formulate the questions exceptionally well.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-barnes/the-best-fiction-rarely-provides-answers-but-it-does-formulate-the/)

[Julian Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-barnes/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/julian-barnes-522_fiction_the-best-fiction-rarely-provides-answers_2637619.png)

> [The best Science Fiction is as good as the best fiction in any field.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-sturgeon/the-best-science-fiction-is-as-good-as-the-best-fiction-in-any-field/)

[Theodore Sturgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-sturgeon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f9/theodore-sturgeon-4560_best-science_the-best-science-fiction-is-as-good-as-t_2352987.jpg)

> [In the best fiction, the language itself can become almost invisible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-morgan/in-the-best-fiction-the-language-itself-can-become-almost-invisible/)

[Robert Morgan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-morgan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/robert-morgan-9709_fiction_in-the-best-fiction-the-language-itself_2949537.jpg)

> [The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-any-journalism/)

[William Faulkner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-faulkner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/william-faulkner-306_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_845081.png)

> [At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-baxter/at-its-best-fiction-is-not-a-diversion-but-a-means-of-knowing-the/)

[Charles Baxter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-baxter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/987/charles-baxter-8009_diversion_at-its-best-fiction-is-not-a-diversion-b_2552338.png)

> [“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hunter-s-thompson/the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-any-kind-of-journalism/)

[Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hunter-s-thompson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e43/hunter-s-thompson-278_quote_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_1533287.jpg)

> [The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-carol-oates/the-the-sort-of-thing-that-i-want-to-do-is-to-strike-a-resonant-chord/)

[Joyce Carol Oates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-carol-oates/)

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> [We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/we-re-so-much-more-likely-to-feel-sympathy-for-an-animal-than-another/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [“I think that the best fiction is directly rooted in an ability to identify and tell the psychological truth about people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alistair-cross/i-think-that-the-best-fiction-is-directly-rooted-in-an-ability-to/)

[Alistair Cross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alistair-cross/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/276/alistair-cross-22389_fiction_i-think-that-the-best-fiction-is-directl_2694662.jpg)

> [The best of our fiction is by novelists who allow that it is as good as they can give, and the worst…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-m-barrie/the-best-of-our-fiction-is-by-novelists-who-allow-that-it-is-as-good/)

[James M. Barrie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-m-barrie/)

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> [“The best fiction rises – yes, like a phoenix – out of the ashes of people’s sad, true disasters. We write in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-palahniuk/the-best-fiction-rises-yes-like-a-phoenix-out-of-the-ashes-of-people/)

[Chuck Palahniuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-palahniuk/)

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> [Biographies never feel as real as the best fiction. There is such a discontinuity between the narrative and the material it comes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-malcolm/biographies-never-feel-as-real-as-the-best-fiction-there-is-such-a/)

[Janet Malcolm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-malcolm/)

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> [I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-glass/i-think-good-radio-often-uses-the-techniques-of-fiction-characters-2/)

[Ira Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-glass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/ira-glass-2464_emotional_i-think-good-radio-often-uses-the-techni_2309717.png)

> [The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sufjan-stevens/the-best-fiction-is-geared-towards-conflict-we-learn-most-about-our/)

[Sufjan Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sufjan-stevens/)

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> [“What the best fiction does is make powerful affirmations of familiar truths...the trivial fiction which times filters out is that which either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gardner/what-the-best-fiction-does-is-make-powerful-affirmations-of-familiar/)

[John Gardner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gardner/)

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> [“The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-edwards/the-best-fiction-is-often-how-we-interpret-our-own-lives-and-what-we/)

[Anne Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-edwards/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d19/anne-edwards-51939_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-often-how-we-interpr_1089670.png)

> [Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/most-great-works-of-the-imagination-were-meant-to-make-you-feel-like/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/i-explained-that-most-great-works-of-the-imagination-were-meant-to/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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> [“That first day I asked my students what they thought fiction should accomplish, why one should bother to read fiction at all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/that-first-day-i-asked-my-students-what-they-thought-fiction-should-2/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/azar-nafisi-2001_books_that-first-day-i-asked-my-students-what_2307704.jpg)

> [“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/i-explained-that-most-great-works-of-the-imagination-were-meant-to-2/)

[Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/)

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