Area Quote by Kevin Barry

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist.

— Morgan Spurlock

I love many realists but very strongly resist the notion that realism presents a less stylized, more authentic version of the world.

— Laura van den Berg

I just have to focus on staying truthful to my characters and depict their reality as authentically as I can.

— Arjun Mathur

One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.

— Tamora Pierce

I'm an unashamed realist, and actually, I try to make whatever the script is the reality of that situation, even though it's fictional.

— Wolfgang Petersen

I'm a realist. I'm not living in a fantasy. I know what's what.

— Jared Cannonier

I'm a realist, and so we have to take what exists and continue to struggle to move forward.

— Danny K. Davis

It always felt like I had to be a realist.

— Jack Tatum

As a writer of fiction, I spend my days inventing real lives for make-believe people; what I create can only seem real.

— Julia Glass

What reality was ever made by realists?

— Richard Flanagan

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

I wrote 'Redefining Realness' because not enough of our stories are being told, and I believe we need stories that reflect us so we…

— Janet Mock