Books Quote by Juan Rulfo

Reality is not an inspiration for literature. At its best, literature is an inspiration for reality.

— Romain Gary

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.

— Helen McCloy

“Writers of literature, if they are real writers, know that their readers are confused about reality and the emotions derived from that reality and…

— Noah Cicero

“The beauty of fiction is it need not be factual and the writer's imagination can travel as far from reality as he or she…

— Sheldon Friedman

“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality.”

— Richard Wright

“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life”

— James N. Frey

Fiction creating reality.

— Paul Auster

“Literature cannot be reality in a same way as literature cannot be idealistic.”

— Shankar Lamichhane

“Fiction though it is a fiction, should be written in a way that it feels like a reality, a reality every reader willingly or…

— Arti Honrao

“All fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we…

— Rene Folsom

We create truths by describing, or by re-describing , our beliefs and observations. Our task, and the task of every artist and scientist, is…

— Anne Bogart

True literature can exist only where it is created, not by diligent and trustworthy functionaries, but by madmen, hermits, heretics, dreamers, rebels, and skeptics.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin