There is really no fiction or non-fiction; there is only narrative. One mode of perception has no greater claim on the truth than the other; that the distance has perhaps to do with distance - narrative distance - from the… — E. L. Doctorow Copy Share Image
The close-up has no equivalent in a narrative fashioned of words. Literatureis totally lacking in any working method to enable it to isolate a single vastly enlarged detail in which one face comes forward to underline a state of mind… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
