Backgrounds Quote by John M. Ford

When you play a person who exists in real life, it is different than when you play fiction.

— Joanna Kulig

Reality and Fiction are different in that fiction has to make sense.

— Ray Bradbury

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

— Hunter S. Thompson

I never liked the whole idea of [creating your own] background, if it's not pertinent, where the character lived as a child, and who…

— Maria Bello

The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't.

— Anonymous

Write whatever way you like. Fiction is made of words on a page; reality is made of something else. It doesn't matter how "real"…

— Anne Enright

Before I write the first page of a novel, I spend a long time creating detailed backgrounds for my characters. I imagine the experiences…

— Lisa Kleypas

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

— Tom Clancy

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know…

— Hunter S. Thompson

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

— Howard Jacobson

The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story.

— Joel Coen

I create my own backstory regardless of if I'm told something about the background or not. There's always more that you can develop in…

— Regina King