---
title: "1 Fiction Based Quotes By Clarence Major"
description: "1 Fiction Based quotes by Clarence Major. Plus more from Clarence Major and more Fiction Based sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg"
---

> [My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If I see a theme emerging in a story I will likely take it up and develop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-experience-transformed-altered/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg)

## More by Clarence Major

> [I've never considered soundtracks for what I write. Nor have I considered computer drawing or painting. As a painter, I'm still trying to perfect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/i-ve-never-considered-soundtracks-for-what-i-write-nor-have-i/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [The prospect of Hillary Clinton not winning the presidency opens up a vast dark hole, an unknown, beyond which it is impossible to know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/the-prospect-of-hillary-clinton-not-winning-the-presidency-opens-up-a/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-experience-transformed-altered/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [The writer writes about what happened in order to make it make sense, to put it in perspective, to turn it into art; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/the-writer-writes-about-what-happened-in-order-to-make-it-make-sense/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [Life can be unsettling. Writers have always gravitated to conflict, unhappiness and disturbing themes. We as readers would get bored pretty quickly if stories…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/life-can-be-unsettling-writers-have-always-gravitated-to-conflict/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [Socially and politically, we seem to be living in dire times, worse times than in the past. But there were far worse horrors in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/socially-and-politically-we-seem-to-be-living-in-dire-times-worse/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [In the interest of the ethical and moral health of the country, the writer, the poet, the artist, the thinker, must hold a mirror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/in-the-interest-of-the-ethical-and-moral-health-of-the-country-the/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [A muse is something that serves a poet well early in his or her career. In later years one writers out of one's own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/a-muse-is-something-that-serves-a-poet-well-early-in-his-or-her/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

> [Despite the obstacles of race and class, I was always taught that I could accomplish anything I set my mind to. African-American writers, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/despite-the-obstacles-of-race-and-class-i-was-always-taught-that-i/)

[Clarence Major](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clarence-major/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Fiction Based Quotes By Clarence Major",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands of composition, character, and plot. If I see a theme emerging in a story I will likely take it up and develop it. I hardly ever set out with a conscious plan and if I do the story usually takes over and takes me where it wants to go.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Clarence Major"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clarence-major/my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-experience-transformed-altered/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“My fiction is based on both my own experience transformed, altered, juggled and changed to suit the demands…” — Clarence Major",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/",
            "name": "Fiction Based Quotes by Clarence Major",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a65/clarence-major-44496_changed_my-fiction-is-based-on-both-my-own-exper_1613372.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Fiction Based quotes by Clarence Major. Plus more from Clarence Major and more Fiction Based sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Fiction Based",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Clarence Major",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-based/clarence-major/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```