Fiction Quote by Ann VanderMeer

“But there are times, I would argue, when fiction delivers the greater truth.”

— Leslie Cockburn

“Fiction is truth, even if it is not fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your…

— Cassandra Clare

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison

“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

— Neil Gaiman

“To me, fiction is a fast-track to the sort of truth with which facts interfere.”

— Sarah Terez Rosenblum

“Fiction is truth not limited by facts.”

— Peter Maughan

“Truth has the structure of a fiction.”

— Lacan

“Fiction allows you to go deeper into the truth. You can put anything down and you can take chances.”

— Peter Matthieson

“Fiction is true. It doesn’t have to factual to be true.”

— Ben Monopoli

“Fiction is often the best fact.”

— William Faulkner

“Fiction is only fiction because it is yet to be proven.”

— Robert M. Roberts

“Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact.”

— Virginia Woolf