Blessing Quote by Erin Morgenstern

The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories

— Diane Arbus

I love the idea of fictional worlds kind of all cohering in some way.

— Ann Brashares

Having spent so much time in a fictional world, I prefer to read about the real world

— Brent Spiner

It's almost a sort of fairy story tale, just what a novelist would write about a discovery.

— Charles Hard Townes

My mind has become somewhat like a book. What I mean by that is that when I look at the world, I see it…

— Avi

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

— Nicole Krauss

Stories are consoling, fiction is one of the consolation prizes for having lived in the world.

— Don DeLillo

“Fiction is usually seen as escapist entertainment...But it's hard to reconcile the escapist theory of fiction with the deep patterns we find in the…

— Jonathan Gottschall

From the viewpoint of the writer, the most significant aspect of fantasy and science fiction is that stories of these kinds are either set…

— Brian Stableford

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

— Howard Jacobson

I think the big thing is the fairy tale. It's taking old folk fairy tales and retelling them in modern day. I think it's…

— Lily Collins

“Fictions exist because of this fact. Because we have only one life, and our desires and fantasies demand a thousand lives. Because the abyss…

— Mario Vargas Llosa