Being real Quote by Emily Gould

That's the wonderful thing about writing, you can take things you haven't done properly in your own life and make it better in fiction.

— Marcy Dermansky

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.

— Sheila Heti

Fiction writing is great. You can make up almost anything.

— Ivana Trump

With fiction, there’s no reason why everything you write shouldn’t be amazing. Nobody’s stopping you from making up better stuff.

— Wells Tower

I suppose writing nonfiction did prepare me for writing fiction. Whenever you write anything, you're honing your skills for writing anything else.

— Elizabeth Berg

I have to say that writing about my writing process is more daunting than writing non-fiction.

— Sefi Atta

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

The triumph of writing fiction is that by doing so, writers can build a more ideal world in themselves.

— Lauren Groff

I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.

— Sloane Crosley

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

I know how to write fiction well.

— Akhil Sharma

I love writing fiction - you can take just what you want from a place, and leave the rest.

— Kate Grenville