As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots. — Ivy Compton-Burnett Copy Share Image
“First lines did not define last pages in real life the way they did in books.” — Stephanie Butland Copy Share Image
“Every act and choice you make is creating the real you and shaping your real life.” — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
Unfortunately for novelists, real life is getting way too funny and far-fetched. — Carl Hiaasen Copy Share Image
The horror no less than the charm of real life consists precisely in the recurrent actualization of the inconceivable — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main… — Isadora Duncan Copy Share Image
Every one has her own love life. Every one has a dream to get a perfect life partner. But this is not… — Katrina Kaif Copy Share Image
Real life does not come naturally. It is counterintuitive. It is a skill we have to learn. That's because the way to… — J.P. Moreland Copy Share Image
I'd like to challenge Ryback to a match - in real life - just to see. I think I could take him,… — AJ Lee Copy Share Image
Indeed, I am repeatedly astonished by the number of really good writers who understand human beings so well on paper but don't… — Mark Haddon Copy Share Image
“I guess after a certain age, things change and those things or people or friendships that happen in movies, just don't happen… — Alberto Fuguet Copy Share Image
An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams. — Anna Held Copy Share Image
The number of people who have either gotten married or had kids or started dating or just made great friends over Instagram… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
In my real life, I see people who are really enjoying their lives - I mean, really enjoying their lives - and… — Holly Hunter Copy Share Image
It's a mystery, that thing about chemistry, because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
The CIA in real life, we know, is looking for new kinds of cover. It's looking for new platforms, as they like… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
“My world is about FEELings. Sometimes, these feelings run so deep i fear i will drown. Creatively, it's a dream to be… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
“Mr. Codro's destiny is Ptolemaic; in other words, based on fiction. Ptolemaic says it all; it means above all fixed and unchanging,… — Alberto Savinio Copy Share Image
I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life… — Steven Yeun Copy Share Image
When I look back at my life and think about what really happened, my memory is obscured by the stories I've created… — Scott Spencer Copy Share Image
“There were times when you could feel that the world would be a better place if Annagramma got the occasional slap around… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Truth usually makes no sense. If your desire is for everything to make perfect sense, then you should take refuge in fiction.… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“A word of warning here. The events as you remember them will never be the same in your memory once you have… — Judith Barrington Copy Share Image
Who am I? I am the outsider looking in. I am the one sitting in the corner observing everything. I am the… — Suzie Pierce Copy Share Image
“The kind of happy I was that day at the Vet when "Hawk" Dawson actually doffed his red "C" cap to me,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
“Even now, so many years later, all this is somehow a very evil memory. I have many evil memories now, but ...… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If the point of life is the same as the point of a story, the point of life is character transformation. If… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
“I looked for any footmarks of course, but naturally, with all this rain, there wasn't a sign. Of course, if this were… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image