--- title: "7 Fiction Far Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Fiction Far quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Fiction Far sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/william-faulkner-306_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_845081.png" --- > [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) > [“Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/science-fiction-could-now-be-made-far-more-convincing-by-science-fact/) [Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bf/arthur-c-clarke-640_science_science-fiction-could-now-be-made-far-mo_1196672.jpg) > [“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) > [“Thus it had come about that she had read far more fiction, and far more poetry, those two sanctuaries of the lonely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fowles/thus-it-had-come-about-that-she-had-read-far-more-fiction-and-far/) [John Fowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fowles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c3/john-fowles-816_books_thus-it-had-come-about-that-she-had-read_1918164.png) > [I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-self/i-always-wanted-to-write-fiction-always-as-far-back-as-i-can-remember/) [Will Self](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-self/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c27/will-self-2296_activity_i-always-wanted-to-write-fiction-always_2091212.png) > [I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-patchett/i-saw-that-my-best-work-was-my-most-personal-work-which-is-odd/) [Ann Patchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-patchett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8de/ann-patchett-670_best-work_i-saw-that-my-best-work-was-my-most-pers_2723122.jpg) > [When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-brooks/when-you-re-writing-non-fiction-you-go-as-far-as-you-can-go-and-then/) [Geraldine Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e1/geraldine-brooks-1324_fiction_when-you-re-writing-non-fiction-you-go-a_3103784.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-far/#itemlist", "name": "Fiction Far Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Faulkner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-faulkner/the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-any-journalism/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/william-faulkner-306_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_845081.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/william-faulkner-306_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_845081.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/william-faulkner-306_fiction_the-best-fiction-is-far-more-true-than-a_845081.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.” — William Faulkner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Arthur C. 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