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title: "22 Fiction Write Quotes by 21 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Fiction Write quotes by 21 authors. Discover the best Fiction Write sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Some times, you write fiction stories. Others, you use fiction to write your story.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-usher-evans/some-times-you-write-fiction-stories-others-you-use-fiction-to-write/)

[S. Usher Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-usher-evans/)

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> [I grew up on British fiction, and I write perhaps more directly out of that tradition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-messud/i-grew-up-on-british-fiction-and-i-write-perhaps-more-directly-out-of/)

[Claire Messud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-messud/)

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> [With crime fiction, you have to write a half-dozen before they catch on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-banville/with-crime-fiction-you-have-to-write-a-half-dozen-before-they-catch-on/)

[John Banville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-banville/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b5/john-banville-2532_before_with-crime-fiction-you-have-to-write-a-h_967962.png)

> [“We all write fiction when we write about the past.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/we-all-write-fiction-when-we-write-about-the-past/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/stephen-king-13_time_we-all-write-fiction-when-we-write-about_1178751.jpg)

> [You feel undervalued when you write the kind of fiction I write.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-jewell/you-feel-undervalued-when-you-write-the-kind-of-fiction-i-write/)

[Lisa Jewell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-jewell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/233/lisa-jewell-6988_feel_you-feel-undervalued-when-you-write-the_1380211.jpg)

> [“There is only one kind of immorality in fiction, and that is when you write badly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-burgess/there-is-only-one-kind-of-immorality-in-fiction-and-that-is-when-you/)

[Anthony Burgess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-burgess/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1a/anthony-burgess-1167_fiction_there-is-only-one-kind-of-immorality-in_2354825.jpg)

> [I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/i-love-the-secrecy-of-writing-fiction-when-i-write-a-novel-i-don-t/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/umberto-eco-313_books_i-love-the-secrecy-of-writing-fiction-wh_1814158.jpg)

> [I suppose writing nonfiction did prepare me for writing fiction. Whenever you write anything, you're honing your skills for writing anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-berg/i-suppose-writing-nonfiction-did-prepare-me-for-writing-fiction/)

[Elizabeth Berg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-berg/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/657/elizabeth-berg-853_anything_i-suppose-writing-nonfiction-did-prepare_1159196.jpg)

> [To be perfectly frank: I don't write women's fiction. I write intimate, gritty, realistic, character-driven fiction that happens to be thrown into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jillian-medoff/to-be-perfectly-frank-i-don-t-write-women-s-fiction-i-write-intimate/)

[Jillian Medoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jillian-medoff/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62f/jillian-medoff-29313_categories_to-be-perfectly-frank-i-don-t-write-wome_968972.png)

> [If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederik-pohl/if-you-don-t-care-about-science-enough-to-be-interested-in-it-on-its/)

[Frederik Pohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederik-pohl/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/629/frederik-pohl-12573_bradbury_if-you-don-t-care-about-science-enough-t_1393652.jpg)

> [The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/the-older-i-get-and-the-more-fiction-i-write-the-more-i-outline-the/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/dave-barry-222_fiction_the-older-i-get-and-the-more-fiction-i-w_1915805.png)

> [I write non-fiction quicker, and I write it on a computer. Fiction I write longhand, and that helps make it clear that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lanchester/i-write-non-fiction-quicker-and-i-write-it-on-a-computer-fiction-i/)

[John Lanchester](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lanchester/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/john-lanchester-2601_brain_i-write-non-fiction-quicker-and-i-write_3198552.png)

> [The main difficulty is finding an idea that really excites me. We live in an age when miracles are no longer miracles,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liu-cixin/the-main-difficulty-is-finding-an-idea-that-really-excites-me-we-live/)

[Liu Cixin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liu-cixin/)

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> [I don't write literary fiction - I write books that are entertaining, but are also, I hope, well-constructed and thoughtful and funny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-weiner/i-don-t-write-literary-fiction-i-write-books-that-are-entertaining/)

[Jennifer Weiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-weiner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/jennifer-weiner-2358_america_i-don-t-write-literary-fiction-i-write-b_2094663.png)

> [“I lose myself in the fiction I write in the same way I would lose myself as a younger man in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kemp/i-lose-myself-in-the-fiction-i-write-in-the-same-way-i-would-lose/)

[Daniel Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kemp/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5c/daniel-kemp-26543_children_i-lose-myself-in-the-fiction-i-write-in_1601608.jpg)

> [I don't write fiction but I do write narrative; I write memoirs that I treat like stories, so whenever I'm using somebody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vivian-gornick/i-don-t-write-fiction-but-i-do-write-narrative-i-write-memoirs-that-i/)

[Vivian Gornick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vivian-gornick/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f3f/vivian-gornick-8241_agendas_i-don-t-write-fiction-but-i-do-write-nar_896906.png)

> [I never start out with any kind of connecting theme or plan. Everything just falls the way it falls. I don't ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-munro/i-never-start-out-with-any-kind-of-connecting-theme-or-plan/)

[Alice Munro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-munro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/235/alice-munro-1231_everything_i-never-start-out-with-any-kind-of-conne_3102411.png)

> [The trouble with science fiction is that you can write about everything: time, space, all the future, all the past, all of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-j-klass/the-trouble-with-science-fiction-is-that-you-can-write-about/)

[Philip J. Klass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-j-klass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e08/philip-j-klass-269630_art_the-trouble-with-science-fiction-is-that_357311.jpg)

> [I'm a genre writer - I chose to be one, I ended up one, I still am one, and I'm not writing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/i-m-a-genre-writer-i-chose-to-be-one-i-ended-up-one-i-still-am-one/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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> [I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dave-barry/i-really-need-to-know-where-i-m-going-with-fiction-to-write-it-in-a/)

[Dave Barry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dave-barry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/dave-barry-222_book_i-really-need-to-know-where-i-m-going-wi_443060.jpg)

> [“You know, one of the interesting things you find about writing fiction is that any fiction you write has to be political.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-mosley/you-know-one-of-the-interesting-things-you-find-about-writing-fiction/)

[Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-mosley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bd/walter-mosley-2810_black-people_you-know-one-of-the-interesting-things-y_411432.jpg)

> [I write my first draft by hand, at least for fiction. For non-fiction, I write happily on a computer, but for fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jennifer-egan/i-write-my-first-draft-by-hand-at-least-for-fiction-for-non-fiction-i/)

[Jennifer Egan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jennifer-egan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1af/jennifer-egan-825_achieve_i-write-my-first-draft-by-hand-at-least_559383.jpg)

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