--- title: "2 Going Fiction Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 2 Going Fiction quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Going Fiction sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/dave-barry-222_book_i-really-need-to-know-where-i-m-going-wi_443060.jpg" --- > [I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with. And I really think that a lot of fiction books end badly because terrific writers said, "I'll just…](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) > [On the plane, I like to read fiction set in the location I'm going to. Fiction is in many ways more useful than a guidebook, because it gives you those little details, a sense of the way a place smells,…](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) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/going-fiction/#itemlist", "name": "Going Fiction Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I really need to know where I'm going with fiction to write it in a way that at least I'm happy with. 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