Fiction Quote by Colm Toibin

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

— Fay Weldon

I think fiction is important because it has the power to transport a reader into another life.

— Anthony Doerr

If you think of a work of fiction as a kind of scale model of the world, then the positive valences - where things…

— George Saunders

The great thing about fiction is you can fix things and make things better.

— Valerie Plame

Fiction allows you to embody certain ideas and give them an emotional reality. The characters allow you to get close viscerally to an idea.

— Anne Michaels

I think fiction, for me, is a way of trying to understand why people do the things they do - and trying to explain…

— Tess Gerritsen

I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that…

— George Saunders

Fiction is a place where people can meet, where they take the time to very seriously examine and think about the experiences of other…

— Phil Klay

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material…

— Terry Brooks

I think fiction is all about the exercise of the empathetic imagination. Part of what I do is let the stuff I read about…

— Jim Shepard

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult