Fiction Quote by George R. R. Martin

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

— Angus Wilson

I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.

— Colm Toibin

I think one of the reasons that I like fiction versus nonfiction is that I myself can kind of disappear from the story.

— Celeste Ng

Typically, I have a fairly good grip on the plot of a suspense novel before I set about writing it. I must know beforehand…

— Sandra Brown

Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just being alive.

— Karen Russell

All my fiction starts from a feeling of unique perception, the pressure of a secret, a story that needs to be told.

— Barry Unsworth

The fiction I tend to like is nothing like my own work. I like the kind of writing that shows me things I don't…

— Jim Woodring

I love the secrecy of writing fiction. When I write a novel, I don't tell anybody what I'm doing. I'm living in my private…

— Umberto Eco

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult

I think part of what I like about being a fiction writer is that I can inhabit something that's beyond the limits of my…

— Jenny Offill

Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing,…

— Lauren Beukes

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

— Don Roff