Fiction Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

— Albert Camus

Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.

— Neil Gaiman

The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.

— Alice Mattison

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 is the lie that helps us understand the truth.

— Tim O'Brien

Fiction is history, human history, or it is nothing.

— Joseph Conrad

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

— Valerie Plame

The problem with the term "The New Fiction" is that the fiction will inevitably be old. The same could have been said about the…

— Lee Klein

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

— E. L. Doctorow

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

the days of our lives vanish utterly, more insubstantial than if they had been invented. Fiction can seem more enduring than reality.

— Penelope Lively

What we remember is probably fiction anyway.

— Beryl Bainbridge