Fiction Quote by John Gardner

“Good writers may “tell” about almost anything in fiction except the characters’ feelings. One may tell the reader that the character went to a…

— John Gardner

Good writers show rather than tell. Stories are told in action. Life stories are no different.

— Donald Miller

You put books out into the world, and people form their own visuals and images and attachments to characters; those characters become part of…

— Cassandra Clare

If a reader believes that everything in nonfiction or history is just objectively true, I don't really know what to tell them, except that…

— Kathleen Rooney

“a truth does not take too long to tell, only a fiction requires so much thought”

— Tami Hoag

So much history, if you or I were to write it, could seem a fiction. These separations, these lines that tell us this is…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Writers tell stories better, because they've had more practice, but everyone has a book in them. Yes, that old cliche.

— Tanith Lee

A part of being an actress that is sort of frustrating is that the writers get to tell you about your character.

— Annabeth Gish

Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

— Stephen Vizinczey

My writings are an exploration, and I think a lot of writers would tell you this, but in writing, you're not simply putting down…

— Alan Lightman

I enjoy writing, sometimes; I think that most writers will tell you about the agony of writing more than the joy of writing, but…

— Leon Uris

We're writers. What do we do? We tell stories. We make up stories. We create art.

— Hector Tobar