Inspirational Quote by Julian Barnes

“The most profound questions are best explored through fiction.”

— Paul Kieniewicz

“The best fiction is true.”

— Kinky Friedman

Fiction is often most powerful when the author is exploring an issue - and not writing like a know-it-all who has the perfect answer.

— Gillian Cross

“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”

— Manoj Vaz

“Fiction is often the best fact.”

— William Faulkner

“I think that the best fiction is directly rooted in an ability to identify and tell the psychological truth about people.”

— Alistair Cross

To me, fiction is the single best way there is - to me, it's the most profound way - of dealing with questions that…

— Charles Bock

A lot of fiction doesn't answer a question that any reasonable person would ever ask.

— Elif Batuman

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

In my opinion there are two basic questions that any writer tries to answer. "What is?" is the question non-fiction asks. "What if?" is…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

“The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created usually as…

— Anne Edwards