Fictional Quotes

165 quotes by 152 authors

I try to make the readers feel they've lived the events of the book. Just as you grieve if a friend is killed, you should… — George R. R. Martin
I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves. And sometimes they… — Alan Moore
One thing I think is least realistic is that there were five people that made decisions in the fictional 'West Wing.' In real life, there… — Dee Dee Myers
Most visions of extraterrestrial life are actually steeped in human hubris. The fictional extraterrestrials of 'Star Trek' or a hundred other space operas are less… — Nathan Myhrvold
In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad… — Joaquin Phoenix
I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of… — Jodi Picoult
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength. — Lawrence Clark Powell
I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your life,… — Marjane Satrapi
The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well. — Will Self
The great liberty of the fictional writer is to let the imagination out of the traces and see it gallop off over the horizon. — Will Self
People of a certain age look back on the Mayberry of 'The Andy Griffith Show' and become almost as homesick for that simple fictional hamlet… — Tom Shales
Can't a rapper insist, like other artists, on a fictional reality, in which he is somehow still on the corner, despite occupying the penthouse suite? — Zadie Smith
Republicans and Democrats have used accounting gimmicks and competing government analyses to deceive the public into believing that 2 + 2 = 6. If our… — J C Watts
I wanted to invent myself as a fictional character. And I did, and it has caused a great deal of confusion. — Jeanette Winterson
Freedom is not defined by safety. Freedom is defined by the ability of citizens to live without government interference. Government cannot create a world without… — Ron Paul
I laughed. It was just like Owen to make excuses for someone elseâ€™s shortcomings. Even fictional characters. Owen found my tendency to speak my mind… — Rachel Vincent
Perhaps every writer who thoroughly creates a fictional world will inevitably create a mirror of his own time and yet also create a world that… — Orson Scott Card
Just because we're fictional characters doesn't mean you can pick us up and move us anywhere you want.--the people of Lake Woebegon — Garrison Keillor
The important thing to understand about American history, wrote Mr. Ibis, in his leather-bound journal, is that it is fictional, a charcoal-sketched simplicity for the… — Neil Gaiman
I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if they are fictional… — Kate Atkinson

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