Fiction Quote by James Patterson

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

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want…

— Isabel Allende

In commercial fiction especially, everything in the story usually contributes directly to the plot The shorter the story, the truer this is

— Nancy Kress

Inexperienced fiction and creative nonfiction writers are often told to show, not tell - to write scenes, dramatize, cut exposition, cut summary - but…

— Laurie Alberts

Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a…

— Brent Weeks

Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you don't want to see…

— David Foster Wallace

I do write fiction, and I find it more difficult, but also more liberating. On the one hand, you can make up the story,…

— Emily Susan Rapp

It seemed to me that I could write commercial fiction. I wasn't sure whether I could, or whether I wanted to write serious fiction…

— James Patterson

People seem to want to read more nonfiction than fiction.

— Bonnie Jo Campbell

I think the deepest thing is that many fiction writers tell stories but are not elegant writers. But, we're not writing journalism when we're…

— Edward Hirsch

“Writing fiction is a way of expressing feelings and revealing a certain truth about life, goals, dreams and desires.”

— Ann Marie Aguilar

In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it's…

— Ben Marcus