Books Quote by Anthony Powell

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

— V. S. Naipaul

“It's the truth, though rarely admitted, that every autobiographical work has a touch of fiction and every fiction has a touch of autobiography.”

— Santosh Kumar Das

“Autobiography is an unrivalled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.”

— Anonymous

“The truth and reality are what I always write in my books, essays, and quotes; that I may err is possible, but it will…

— Ingrid Holm-Garibay

In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find…

— Robert Penn Warren

an Autobiography is the truest of all books; for while it inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the truth, partial…

— Mark Twain

“There is a difference between fiction and nonfiction deeper than technique or intention. I value both but genuinely believe that fiction can tell a…

— Dorothy L. Sayersthy Allison

“...if it be true that every novel contains an element of autobiography—and this can hardly be denied, since the creator can only express himself…

— Joseph Conrad

“Nonfiction is a form of literature that lies halfway between fiction and fact.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Anyhow, my point is that you know now that nonfiction is never the entire truth, and fiction is almost never pure fabrication.”

— Ken Andersen

“My answer is that if it be true that every novel contains an element of autobiography—and this can hardly be denied, since the creator…

— Joseph Conrad

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

— Philip Guedalla