--- title: "21 Fiction Reality Quotes by 20 authors" description: "Browse 21 Fiction Reality quotes by 20 authors. Discover the best Fiction Reality sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/tom-clancy-1751_fiction_the-difference-between-fiction-and-reali_2858491.jpg" --- > [The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-clancy/the-difference-between-fiction-and-reality-fiction-has-to-make-sense/) [Tom Clancy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-clancy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/tom-clancy-1751_fiction_the-difference-between-fiction-and-reali_2858491.jpg) > [I've called science fiction 'reality ahead of schedule'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/syd-mead/i-ve-called-science-fiction-reality-ahead-of-schedule/) [Syd Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/syd-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/syd-mead-69179_ahead_i-ve-called-science-fiction-reality-ahea_2640734.jpg) > [“Beyond the fiction of reality, there is the reality of the fiction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/beyond-the-fiction-of-reality-there-is-the-reality-of-the-fiction/) [Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/446/slavoj-i-ek-1738_fiction_beyond-the-fiction-of-reality-there-is-t_2036004.png) > [Truth is stranger than fiction, which is why reality TV is so popular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heather-dubrow/truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-which-is-why-reality-tv-is-so-popular/) [Heather Dubrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heather-dubrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/heather-dubrow-33272_fiction_truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-which-is_1865789.jpg) > [“Give me FICTION, REALITY is OVERRATED!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-velden/give-me-fiction-reality-is-overrated/) [Lily Velden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-velden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f1/lily-velden-58084_fiction_give-me-fiction-reality-is-overrated-118_1187029.jpg) > [I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curtis-sittenfeld/i-m-able-to-separate-fiction-and-reality-i-guess-it-remains-to-be/) [Curtis Sittenfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curtis-sittenfeld/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/364/curtis-sittenfeld-1731_able_i-m-able-to-separate-fiction-and-reality_2698888.png) > [We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nic-pizzolatto/we-live-in-a-culture-that-has-a-real-hard-time-distinguishing-fiction/) [Nic Pizzolatto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nic-pizzolatto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/nic-pizzolatto-7357_culture_we-live-in-a-culture-that-has-a-real-har_1812217.png) > [You don't know reality until someone makes a fiction of it. Reality needs the completion of fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-wilson/you-don-t-know-reality-until-someone-makes-a-fiction-of-it-reality/) [Tony Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7d/tony-wilson-18124_completion_you-don-t-know-reality-until-someone-mak_909455.png) > [With photography, I like to create a fiction out of reality. I try and do this by taking society's natural prejudice and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-parr/with-photography-i-like-to-create-a-fiction-out-of-reality-i-try-and/) [Martin Parr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-parr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a4/martin-parr-4726_creativity_with-photography-i-like-to-create-a-fict_2683145.png) > [“These were the facts. Facts were important. They separated fiction from reality, the tawdry world of Mike Longshott from the concrete spaces…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lavie-tidhar/these-were-the-facts-facts-were-important-they-separated-fiction-from/) [Lavie Tidhar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lavie-tidhar/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9f/lavie-tidhar-16773_facts_these-were-the-facts-facts-were-importan_517591.jpg) > [What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/what-we-search-for-in-fiction-is-not-so-much-reality-but-the-epiphany/) [Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce6/azar-nafisi-2001_epiphany_what-we-search-for-in-fiction-is-not-so_3109551.png) > [I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-mccorkle/i-am-very-interested-in-that-fine-line-between-fiction-and-reality/) [Jill McCorkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-mccorkle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/jill-mccorkle-16682_am_i-am-very-interested-in-that-fine-line-b_1384701.png) > [As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-yates/as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-but-only-when-the/) [Brock Yates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brock-yates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/brock-yates-20099_events_as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-tha_1940014.png) > [I think the cinema-going public are smart enough to separate fiction from reality but suspend their disbelief for long enough to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-pearson/i-think-the-cinema-going-public-are-smart-enough-to-separate-fiction/) [Adam Pearson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-pearson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/adam-pearson-6304_film_i-think-the-cinema-going-public-are-smar_3052838.jpg) > [Do not, under any circumstances, belittle a work of fiction by trying to turn it into a carbon copy of real life;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/azar-nafisi/do-not-under-any-circumstances-belittle-a-work-of-fiction-by-trying/) [Azar Nafisi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/azar-nafisi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b67/azar-nafisi-2001_belittle_do-not-under-any-circumstances-belittle_116752.png) > [“When fiction has become reality, life may turn into a fairy tale or a firestorm. Tina, time has come to pull up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may-turn-into-a-fairy-tale-or-a/) [Erik Pevernagie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erik-pevernagie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/erik-pevernagie-688_become_when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may_2236383.jpg) > [Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/literary-science-fiction-is-a-very-very-narrow-band-of-the-publishing/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/james-cameron-2754_band_literary-science-fiction-is-a-very-very_271570.png) > [“You might think of the barrier between fiction and reality as being a bit like a blood-brain barrier, which allows only some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-carlson/you-might-think-of-the-barrier-between-fiction-and-reality-as-being-a/) [Greg Carlson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-carlson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1cc/greg-carlson-38547_emotions_you-might-think-of-the-barrier-between-f_2297771.jpg) > [“there is an osmosis from fiction to reality, a constant contamination which distorts the truth behind both and fuzzes the telling distinctions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-reality-a-constant-contamination/) [Iain M. Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-m-banks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/iain-m-banks-3729_life-itself_there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-real_532848.jpg) > [“Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-reality-is-written-with-fiction/) [C. JoyBell C](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-joybell-c/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/c-joybell-c-471_belief_fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-real_3198704.jpg) > [“Literary Fiction and Reality Towards the beginning of his novel The Man Without Qualities, Robert Musil announces that 'no serious attempt will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-kermode/literary-fiction-and-reality-towards-the-beginning-of-his-novel-the/) [Frank Kermode](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-kermode/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ed/frank-kermode-16485_books_literary-fiction-and-reality-towards-the_3224552.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fiction-reality/#itemlist", "name": "Fiction Reality Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The difference between fiction and reality? 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But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and fantasies that radiate outward from the actual event.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Brock Yates" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brock-yates/as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-but-only-when-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/brock-yates-20099_events_as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-tha_1940014.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/brock-yates-20099_events_as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-tha_1940014.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/brock-yates-20099_events_as-the-saying-goes-truth-is-stranger-tha_1940014.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. 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Tina, time has come to pull up one’s socks and start relearning and reassessing living. (\"Another empty room\")”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Erik Pevernagie" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erik-pevernagie/when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may-turn-into-a-fairy-tale-or-a/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/erik-pevernagie-688_become_when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may_2236383.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/erik-pevernagie-688_become_when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may_2236383.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/erik-pevernagie-688_become_when-fiction-has-become-reality-life-may_2236383.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When fiction has become reality, life may turn into a fairy tale or a firestorm. 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Hence the soap operas, and those who try to live their lives as soap operas, while believing the stories to be true; hence the quizzes where the ideal is to think as close to the mean as possible, and the one who conforms utterly is the one who stands above the rest; the Winner . . .”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Iain M. Banks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-reality-a-constant-contamination/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/iain-m-banks-3729_life-itself_there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-real_532848.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/iain-m-banks-3729_life-itself_there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-real_532848.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/iain-m-banks-3729_life-itself_there-is-an-osmosis-from-fiction-to-real_532848.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“there is an osmosis from fiction to reality, a constant contamination which distorts the truth behind both…” — Iain M. Banks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. We can write fiction because there is reality and we can write reality because there is fiction; everything we consider today to be myth and legend, our ancestors believed to be history and everything in our history includes myths and legends. Before the splendid modern-day mind was formed our cultures and civilizations were conceived in the wombs of, and born of, what we identify today as \"fiction, unreality, myth, legend, fantasy, folklore, imaginations, fabrications and tall tales.\" And in our suddenly realized glory of all our modern-day \"advancements\" we somehow fail to ask ourselves the question \"Who designated myths and legends as unreality? \" But I ask myself this question because who decided that he was spectacular enough to stand up and say to our ancestors \"You were all stupid and disillusioned and imagining things\" and then why did we all decide to believe this person? There are many realities not just one. There is a truth that goes far beyond what we are told today to believe in. And we find that truth when we are brave enough to break away from what keeps everybody else feeling comfortable. Your reality is what you believe in. And nobody should be able to tell you to believe otherwise.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "C. JoyBell C" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-joybell-c/fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-reality-is-written-with-fiction/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/c-joybell-c-471_belief_fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-real_3198704.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/c-joybell-c-471_belief_fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-real_3198704.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/c-joybell-c-471_belief_fiction-is-written-with-reality-and-real_3198704.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Fiction is written with reality and reality is written with fiction. 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But the look is illusory; Musil's hero Ulrich has 'lost this elementary narrative element' and so has Musil. The Man Without Qualities is multidimensional, fragmentary, without the possibility of a narrative end. Why could he not have his narrative order? Because 'everything has now become nonnarrative.' The illusion would be too gross and absurd. Musil belonged to the great epoch of experiment; after Joyce and Proust, though perhaps a long way after, he is the novelist of early modernism. And as you see he was prepared to spend most of his life struggling with the problems created by the divergence of comfortable story and the non-narrative contingencies of modern reality. Even in the earlier stories he concerned himself with this disagreeable but necessary dissociation; in his big novel he tries to create a new genre in which, by all manner of dazzling devices and metaphors and stratagems, fiction and reality can be brought together again. 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