Humorous-quotations Quote by Barry A. Whittingham

“Fiction is what happens inside a writer's head. Reality takes place outside it”

— Barry A. Whittingham

“...sense of reality is important in any work of fiction...”

— Stephen King

“Fiction though it is a fiction, should be written in a way that it feels like a reality, a reality every reader willingly or…

— Arti Honrao

“The beauty of fiction is it need not be factual and the writer's imagination can travel as far from reality as he or she…

— Sheldon Friedman

“The job of a fiction writer is to engage the reader and rip them from reality.”

— Tom Wiseman

“All interpretation or observation of reality is necessarily fiction.”

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”

— Manoj Vaz

“I know a lot of writers, and everyone works differently, but this is something that we truly have in common across all genres -…

— Sara Sheridan

“All fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we…

— Rene Folsom

“Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.”

— Aljean Harmetz

“Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about.”

— Sanhita Baruah

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor