Embellishment Quote by Aljean Harmetz

Knowing reality is knowing that you can't lose it.

— May Sinclair

“Reality is knowing that you will get hurt. That there’s no stopping it, but you still try. Even after you’re hurt, you first want…

— Mandi Lynn

Hegel understood the Heisenbergian reality of knowing: yes, it would be nice if we could somehow delicately capture the truth and bring it closer…

— Kenny Smith

You can try to control people, or you can try to have a system that represents reality. I find that knowing what's really happening…

— Larry Page

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

— Jonathan Evison

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris

“One must not ask for sincere autobiographies from writers. Fiction was invented precisely to give men the possibility of expressing themselves freely.”

— Lev Shestov

“Do writers of fiction tell lies or just tall stories?”

— Clive Owen Barry

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined…

— Barbara Tuchman

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

— Peter Carey

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.

— Richard Posner