Fiction Quote by John Green

“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Fiction is a lie covering up a deep truth.”

— Maria Vargas Llosa

“Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.”

— T.R. Wallace

“Fiction allows you to go deeper into the truth. You can put anything down and you can take chances.”

— Peter Matthieson

“Memoirs lie, but fiction tells the truth.”

— Philip Roth

“What did the truth matter? All characters once dead, if they continue to exist in memory at all, tend to become fictions.”

— Graham Greene

“He rolled his eyes. "Fiction lies for the truth.”

— Kristine Grayson

“...all I knew were novels. It gave me pause, for a moment, that all my reference points were fiction, that all my narratives were…

— Rebecca Makkai

“Keeping up the fiction. You have to keep it up, sometimes, no matter how you feel.”

— Stephen King

“Fiction is the lie that illuminates a greater truth.”

— Kevin Fox

“But fiction has the unique power of revealing something true.”

— Ali Smith

“To me, fiction is a fast-track to the sort of truth with which facts interfere.”

— Sarah Terez Rosenblum