Able Quote by Kate Morton

I like to believe, as a writer, that anybody who isn't a reader yet has just not found the right book.

— Gabrielle Zevin

Every writer can tell you that a book is only truly alive when it finds passionate readers who bring it alive in their imaginations.

— Julia Alvarez

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

— Jeanne Moreau

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

— Jerry B. Jenkins

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

— W. H. Auden

Most books aren't pure nonfiction or fiction.

— James Frey

“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

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

— John Grisham

“A true fiction author is able to act through each character in their book and deliver stunning performances.”

— Conrad Brasso

Books are like truth serum-- if you don't read, you can't figure out what's real.

— Rodman Philbrick

The best readers come to fiction to be free of ... all that isn't fiction.

— Philip Roth

Most fiction comes from your experience.

— Susan Minot