Books Quote by Amanda Knox

“Certainly, as a reader, I had always discovered the deepest truths in fiction; it was through reading novels that I learned about the world,…

— Alice Hoffman

“Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

“Accurate and questioning dramatic and written narratives that expose true human character, is the necessary glue of any intelligent, enduring and compassionate society.”

— Yon Walls

“I have found that a writer is formed not so much by their experiences but by the way in which they view and capture…

— H Raven Rose

“I think that the best fiction is directly rooted in an ability to identify and tell the psychological truth about people.”

— Alistair Cross

“I would probably have to say that reading fiction — those stories fill the space that other people might use religious stories for. The…

— Tom Perrotta

“Writers by nature are subversive, observant, and discerning, and their voice contains that.”

— Amy Tan

“Don't you think it would be interesting if you could read the story of your life - written perfectly truthfully by an omniscient author?”

— Jean Webster

“Literature takes us away from our grey everyday experience, but brings us back enriched with new sensibilities.”

— Willie van Peer

“Writers help summon people to a vision of human betterment...They create an awareness not just to things as they are, but as they ought…

— Lilian Gafni

“For whatever the era, nationality, gender and genre; whether realistic, traditional, fabulist, historical, fantasist, minimalist, crossover, the writer worthy of the literary arts and…

— Gregorio C. Brillantes

“A fiction writer weaves a fabric of lies in hopes of revealing deeper human truths.”

— Wally Lamb