Pure Invention Quotes

5 quotes by 4 authors

• The most purely autobiographical ­fiction requires pure invention. Nobody ever wrote a more auto­biographical story than 'The Meta­morphosis'. — Jonathan Franzen
• The myths about Hades and the gods, though they are pure invention, help to make men virtuous. — Diodorus Siculus
• The ‘I’ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the ‘I’ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a representation of the… — Janet Malcolm
• Basketball is a pure invention, — James Naismith

Who Wrote These Pure Invention Quotes

4 authors contributed a total of 5 Pure Invention Quotes as follows:

• 1 Pure Invention Quote by Jonathan Franzen
• 1 Pure Invention Quote by Diodorus Siculus
• 1 Pure Invention Quote by Janet Malcolm
• 1 Pure Invention Quote by James Naismith