Asked Quote by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

— Anonymous

“Real life is often more literary than the works of literature. That’s because it doesn’t have to appear credible.”

— Mikhail Iossel

More often than not, real life is so rich, complex and unpredictable that it would seem completely implausible in the pages of a novel.

— Candice Millard

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

— John Grisham

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are always making…

— Julia Glass

All true readers have a book, a moment when real life is never going to be able to compete with fiction again.

— Kate Morton

Real life doesn't have to be convincing, but fiction does.

— Neil Gaiman

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

— Leigh Michaels

Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.

— Ralph Ellison

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Novels should be judged rigorously. Either a book works or it doesn't. The fact that something is true in the real world should not…

— Akhil Sharma