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title: "5 Fiction Ways Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/in-fact-people-seem-to-be-tired-of-fiction-now-there-are-so-many/)

[Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/)

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> [I think that horror fiction is one of the ways to approach these problems of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clive-barker/i-think-that-horror-fiction-is-one-of-the-ways-to-approach-these/)

[Clive Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clive-barker/)

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> [The act of choosing what to place in your piece when you're a historian or a non-fiction writer already renders it into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-mcbride/the-act-of-choosing-what-to-place-in-your-piece-when-you-re-a/)

[James McBride](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-mcbride/)

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> [“Writing fiction is, in many ways, like a religion. It is a daily practice, a way of life, a set of rituals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/writing-fiction-is-in-many-ways-like-a-religion-it-is-a-daily/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [On the plane, I like to read fiction set in the location I'm going to. Fiction is in many ways more useful…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-bourdain/on-the-plane-i-like-to-read-fiction-set-in-the-location-i-m-going-to/)

[Anthony Bourdain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-bourdain/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/baa/anthony-bourdain-649_books_on-the-plane-i-like-to-read-fiction-set_1462728.jpg)

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