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title: "4 Real Fictional Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Real Fictional quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Real Fictional sayings and thoughts."
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> [When you're portraying someone, whether they're real or fictional, you have to find some kind of hook where it feels real to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-eisley/when-you-re-portraying-someone-whether-they-re-real-or-fictional-you/)

[India Eisley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-eisley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f78/india-eisley-19882_believe_when-you-re-portraying-someone-whether-t_508717.jpg)

> [The best test to know whether an entity is real or fictional is the test of suffering. A nation cannot suffer, feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/esther-rantzen/the-best-test-to-know-whether-an-entity-is-real-or-fictional-is-the/)

[Esther Rantzen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/esther-rantzen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a39/esther-rantzen-83441_animal_the-best-test-to-know-whether-an-entity_678393.jpg)

> [Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howie-carr/has-there-ever-been-anybody-real-or-fictional-whiter-than-betty/)

[Howie Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howie-carr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ea8/howie-carr-25372_betty-crocker_has-there-ever-been-anybody-real-or-fict_913695.jpg)

> [“I want either the fiction to be real or me to be fictional.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-z-vodsk/i-want-either-the-fiction-to-be-real-or-me-to-be-fictional/)

[Andrea Závodská](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-z-vodsk/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/andrea-z-vodsk-219031_quote_i-want-either-the-fiction-to-be-real-or_2110101.jpg)

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