Could Quote by Jorja Smith

My writing is not just all facts and voices. I strive to create a text that works as a sign, pointing out undercurrents that…

— Svetlana Alexievich

When writing for a mass audience, put a fact in every sentence.

— Michael Hastings

I enjoy research as much as writing so I try to make my stories as fact-based as possible, which I think helps them seem…

— Raymond Buckland

I tend to basically exaggerate in life, and in writing, it's fine to exaggerate. I really enjoy overstating for the purpose of getting a…

— Dr. Seuss

In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by…

— Edward P. Jones

I admit that when the facts are not good enough, I always exaggerate them.

— Stephen Leacock

I have been writing mainly fiction. Occasionally there will be a song that hangs around the truth a little more than the rest, but…

— David Bazan

I try to write about things that actually happened so that I know it's real before I put it down on paper.

— John Prine

When I'm writing a novel, I'm usually just trying to write about things that are interesting to me.

— Ruth Ozeki

Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to…

— Octavia E. Butler

Writing in a nuanced way, getting at all the details in a way that remains interesting for the reader, is very difficult.

— Carl Hart

Sometimes it's not like I write very specific, it's more like I add an atmosphere almost to something that might have been quite awkward…

— Jens Lekman