Fiction Quote by Anne Enright

I want my fiction to seem real.

— Mary Kay Andrews

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know…

— Hunter S. Thompson

The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.

— Anonymous

Reality always outstrips fiction. Whatever you make up, something more incredible always pops up in real life.

— David Walliams

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

— Hunter S. Thompson

“what people write reflects what they believe—fiction is where you go to tell or read the truth that people will stare or laugh at…

— Michael Marshall

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story,…

— Emily Susan Rapp

Fiction is always derived from something real.

— Anonymous

I really like stories, so in a way it doesn't matter for me if they are real or fiction.

— Volker Bertelmann

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you…

— Megan McCafferty

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky