Absurd Quote by Don Winslow

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you…

— Megan McCafferty

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who…

— Flannery O'Connor

Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no…

— Theodore Sturgeon

It's our job as fiction writers to provide a delight that nothing else can - to such a degree that people have no choice…

— Jennifer Egan

When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how things come…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have…

— Ethan Canin

Maybe I have a one-track mind, but the best writers and thinkers are focusing on nonfiction these days; this is the genre where a…

— Lee Gutkind

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

— John Grisham

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

I think it's possible to be just a fiction writer, and I don't think that it's a luxury. Oftentimes, what fiction does is approach…

— Torrey Peters