19th century Quote by Claire Tomalin

Fiction is no longer the dominant storytelling device of our time. In the 19th century it worked great, and fiction was the king, but…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Fiction has always been a way of examining society and its flaws and trying to expose them.

— Lisa Joy

Fiction tends to spread farther than nonfiction - and as a filmmaker, it's important to be cognizant of not perpetuating the same old stories.

— Nia DaCosta

When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

— Stephen King

In fact, people seem to be tired of fiction now. There are so many other ways of exploring humanity - by ethnology, psychoanalysis, and…

— Simone de Beauvoir

I think we have become oversaturated with tired fictional narratives.

— Lucy Walker

I read many wonderful novels, though I now find the idea of literary fiction obsolete.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

My own sense is that fiction is inching its way over to join poetry on the cultural margin. It's an area of passionate concern…

— Matthew Specktor

There's a lot of fiction from that period that we're nostalgic for.

— Brian K. Vaughan

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

— E. L. Doctorow

Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up.

— Nancy Kress