Fiction Quote by Lev Shestov

The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

— Sylvia Porter

God is a fiction invented by people so they do not have to face the reality of their condition.

— Michel Onfray

“Fiction was invented the day Jonah arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by…

— Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Being is a fiction invented by those who suffer from becoming.

— Coleman Dowell

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

— Jonathan Evison

Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head.

— Robert Harris

“Do writers of fiction tell lies or just tall stories?”

— Clive Owen Barry

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined…

— Barbara Tuchman

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

— Peter Carey

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.

— Richard Posner

“Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.”

— Aljean Harmetz

A friend of mine who writes history books said to me that he thought that the two creatures most to be pitied were the…

— Katherine Paterson

The most underrated of all contemporary American writers of fiction.

— William March

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

— Irwin Shaw