Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that. — Louis Auchincloss Copy Share Image
Writing is not describing, painting is not depicting. Verisimilitude is merely an illusion. — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
We love bringing verisimilitude to audiences, hopefully having experiences you'll never have. — Scott Derrickson Copy Share Image
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
“fiction is both artifice and verisimilitude, and that there is nothing difficult in holding together these two possibilities.” — James Wood Copy Share Image
“The confusing signals, the impurity of the signal, gives you verisimilitude, as when you attend a funeral and notice that it's being… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
“But then the course of events takes no account of verisimilitude. Fiction has to be probable; fact does not.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I am not concerned with verisimilitude... I am not concerned with capturing reality. I am concerned with creating it myself. — Tracey Moffatt Copy Share Image
“This is another to be added to the many proofs that verisimilitude is not in the least an essential element of verity.” — Geroge MacDonald Copy Share Image
“I was immensely moved by this novel when I read it recently and yet I cannot think of anything to say about… — Elizabeth Hardwick Copy Share Image
“Writers reduce what they write, and readers reduce what they read. The brain itself is made to reduce, replace, emblemize... Verisimilitude is… — Peter Mendelsund Copy Share Image
“ask these questions not to dispute the tone Jameson attributes to these postmodern artifacts—the exhilaration he is speaking of is clearly of… — Sianne Ngai Copy Share Image
