Being real Quote by Jodi Picoult

There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.

— Samantha Bee

Stories are not like the real world; they aren't held back by what we know is false or true. What's important is how a…

— Tahir Shah

The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Nothing - and everything - about it is real.

— Todd Strasser

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in…

— John Darnielle

There was no short answer to this; like so much else, it was a long story. But what really makes any story real is…

— Sarah Dessen

“For without being read, is the story ever really told?”

— Michael Reid

“Most stories are based on something real.”

— Paula Weston

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

I don't really believe in stories, only in the people who tell them.

— Rachel Cusk

I think any time you've got a story based on a true story, no matter how accurate it is, obviously it's still fictitious.

— John Lee Hancock

The telling of stories creates the real world.

— Alberto Manguel

In a story, nothing is real until it is acted upon.

— William Kittredge