Fiction Quote by Bentley Little

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

— Anonymous

I think real life is weirder than fiction.

— Kim Shattuck

Real life is crazier than fiction.

— Lauren Bowles

Real life is much stranger than fiction, man.

— Mike D

I don't really want to write fiction at all. I don't see why fiction is necessary when we have real life already confusing enough.

— Aaron Belz

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

— John Grisham

In fiction, you can be as true as you want. Real life is a different story.

— Katherine Center

A lot of times, real life is more surreal than writing.

— Jesmyn Ward

That's the wonderful thing about writing, you can take things you haven't done properly in your own life and make it better in fiction.

— Marcy Dermansky

Real life isn't required to be logical, but fiction has to make sense.

— Leigh Michaels

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

— David Walliams

Everybody's always living in fiction just as much as children, but the way our stories are faked is curtailed by all sorts of narratives…

— Claire Messud