--- title: "7 Literature True Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Literature True quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Literature True sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bonnie-hammer-8000_big_i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in_442822.jpg" --- > [I'm a big believer that sci-fi lives in literature, that the true sci-fi population is out there reading a gazillion authors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-hammer/i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in-literature-that-the-true-sci/) [Bonnie Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bonnie-hammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bonnie-hammer-8000_big_i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in_442822.jpg) > [“I said that the greatest female writers, with almost no exceptions, have been childless. A fact. And I have said that women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-galbraith/i-said-that-the-greatest-female-writers-with-almost-no-exceptions/) [Robert Galbraith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-galbraith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8d/robert-galbraith-3411_books_i-said-that-the-greatest-female-writers_696469.jpg) > [It's in literature that true life can be found. It's under the mask of fiction that you can tell the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gao-xingjian/it-s-in-literature-that-true-life-can-be-found-it-s-under-the-mask-of/) [Gao Xingjian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gao-xingjian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f41/gao-xingjian-6987_books_it-s-in-literature-that-true-life-can-be_1130447.jpg) > [I think fantasy literature is the one true literature of hope and imagination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vera-nazarian/i-think-fantasy-literature-is-the-one-true-literature-of-hope-and/) [Vera Nazarian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vera-nazarian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/574/vera-nazarian-1671_books_i-think-fantasy-literature-is-the-one-tr_1171512.png) > [Caribbean literature only has to be true to itself. It doesn't need colonialism or imperialism. It's always been vibrant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlon-james/caribbean-literature-only-has-to-be-true-to-itself-it-doesn-t-need/) [Marlon James](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlon-james/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60e/marlon-james-10052_books_caribbean-literature-only-has-to-be-true_1749325.jpg) > [In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/in-a-way-literature-is-true-than-life-he-said-to-himself-on-paper-you/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/simone-de-beauvoir-407_books_in-a-way-literature-is-true-than-life-he_2532920.jpg) > [“I was there to get a Ph.D. in English literature. That's not true. I was there to read a lot of books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marisa-de-los-santos/i-was-there-to-get-a-ph-d-in-english-literature-that-s-not-true-i-was/) [Marisa de los Santos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marisa-de-los-santos/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2a/marisa-de-los-santos-8391_ahead-of-time_i-was-there-to-get-a-ph-d-in-english-lit_2886165.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/literature-true/#itemlist", "name": "Literature True Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm a big believer that sci-fi lives in literature, that the true sci-fi population is out there reading a gazillion authors.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Bonnie Hammer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bonnie-hammer/i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in-literature-that-the-true-sci/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bonnie-hammer-8000_big_i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in_442822.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bonnie-hammer-8000_big_i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in_442822.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/bonnie-hammer-8000_big_i-m-a-big-believer-that-sci-fi-lives-in_442822.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I'm a big believer that sci-fi lives in literature, that the true sci-fi population is out there reading a…” — Bonnie Hammer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I said that the greatest female writers, with almost no exceptions, have been childless. 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