About Quote by Jami Attenberg

Whenever I wrote fiction, people always seemed to think that what I wrote was true, that it was entirely autobiographical. And when I would…

— Jonathan Ames

I find it utterly bizarre that total strangers write about your life in a completely fictional manner.

— Helena Christensen

The other reason I didn't want to fictionalize it is because one of the main points of publishing a memoir in nonfiction was that…

— Melissa Febos

Writing fiction lets you be a little more emotional and unguarded, a little freer. Writing fictional characters is also really different from writing about…

— Elif Batuman

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

For me, there's a fine line between telling a story that's fictional with lots of details and then removing yourself too much from it,…

— Aimee Mann

It is so common to write autobiographical fiction in which your own experience is thinly disguised.

— David Leavitt

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

— Christian McKay

Thus, in a real sense, I am constantly writing autobiography, but I have to turn it into fiction in order to give it credibility.

— Katherine Paterson

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them…

— Allan Massie

I create fictional narratives, but it's based on literal people.

— Danai Gurira

Fiction, because it is not about somebody who actually lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself.

— Orson Scott Card