Quote by Jill Talbot

“The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.”

— Mark Twain

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

— Virginia Woolf

“All fiction, whether straight or genre, whether literature or Literature, is a personal reinterpretation of its writers’ existence during the time the fiction was…

— William Gibson

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

— Virginia Wolff

“In an era where Existence is incontestable, Truth is subjective, and Reality is perceived, fiction must mediate between the three.”

— Henry Martin

“why did i so passionately require the truth? because all great fiction is true”

— Kinky Friedman

“what is fiction in particular is truth in general.”

— Anonymous

The truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.

— Susan Sontag

“Fiction means never letting the pure truth get in the way of a good story.”

— Nathaniel Robert Winters

“The aim of fiction is honest and absolute truth.”

— Anton Chekhov

“Everyone had a story he believed was worthy of a best-seller; for me, reality was rarely interesting enough to take the place of fiction.”

— Ben Mezrich

“Anyhow, my point is that you know now that nonfiction is never the entire truth, and fiction is almost never pure fabrication.”

— Ken Andersen