Being real Quote by Goldwin Smith

The novelist must ground his work in faithful study of human nature.

— Goldwin Smith

“Perhaps the novel is a more perfect life and reality, which God creates through us. Perhaps we live only to create it. It seems…

— Fernando Pessoa

The novelist is required to open his eyes on the world around him and look. If what he sees is not highly edifying, he…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Writers need their writing; they need their imaginary worlds in order to find piece in, or make sense of, the real world.”

— Terry Brooks

“The beauty of fiction is it need not be factual and the writer's imagination can travel as far from reality as he or she…

— Sheldon Friedman

“The novel is an event in consciousness. Our aim isn't to copy actuality, but to modify and recreate our sense of it. The novelist…

— George Buchanan

“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”

— Manoj Vaz

The novelist has a responsibility to adhere to the facts as closely as possible, and if they are inconvenient, that's where the art comes…

— Hilary Mantel

“The only real people are the people who never existed, and if a novelist is base enough to go to life for his personages…

— Oscar Wilde

“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his understanding of…

— Karl Wiggins

“There is absolutely everything in great fiction but a clear answer. Humanity itself seems to matter more to the novelist than what humanity thinks…

— Eudora Welty

“Writers of literature, if they are real writers, know that their readers are confused about reality and the emotions derived from that reality and…

— Noah Cicero