Fake Quote by Joey Skaggs

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

— Nicole Krauss

“For every work of fiction, the author inserts a bit of themself to make the story seem more real. For every work of nonfiction,…

— A.K. Wallace

“Most stories are based on something real.”

— Paula Weston

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

Any fictional story will take things from real events.

— Shoojit Sircar

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

— Kevin Kline

You can fake a lot of stuff, but you can't fake if the story isn't there and if the writing isn't good.

— Carol Kane

Conversation on the page should reflect what the story is about. It doesn't have to be "realistic" in the sense that it's something you…

— Lynne Tillman

Everything in a story should be credible.

— Rex Stout

I make a distinction between true and real. I think that the story is true, it’s just not real. That’s what a parable is.…

— William P. Young

“take details from “real life” into fiction and make them believable requires careful work: creating characters the reader can believe would do the unbelievable…

— Dorothy Allison

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

— Todd Strasser