Essay Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction—so we are told. Therefore”

— Virginia Woolf

“Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction — so we are told.”

— Virginia Wolff

“Fiction is truth, even if it is not fact. If you believe only in facts and forget stories, your brain will live, but your…

— Cassandra Clare

“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life”

— James N. Frey

“Fiction is often the best fact.”

— William Faulkner

“Fiction gives us empathy: it puts us inside the minds of other people, gives us the gift of seeing the world through their eyes.…

— Neil Gaiman

“Fact is just fiction with different storytellers”

— Abby Slovin

“Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact. Therefore”

— Virginia Woolf

“No fiction is good fiction unless it is true to life, and yet no life is worth relating unless it be a life out…

— William Gerhardie

“Non-fiction can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies.”

— V.S. Naipaul

“A well-written article does not make what was written factual or something to subscribe to. Fiction does not become fact because it looks good.…

— Loren Weisman

“But fiction has the unique power of revealing something true.”

— Ali Smith