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“I'm a novelist. Anything you say can be taken down and used against you in a work of fiction.”

— Anne R. Allen

“The great thing about writing fiction is that you can do whatever the fuck you want, go as far as you are willing to…

— Richard Denney

“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

“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

“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.”

— James Van Pelt

“To me, fiction is a fast-track to the sort of truth with which facts interfere.”

— Sarah Terez Rosenblum

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

— Manoj Vaz

“I use Fiction to face Reality And write sweet Stories to avoid the bitter ones.”

— Talia

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy

“The job of a fiction writer is to engage the reader and rip them from reality.”

— Tom Wiseman

“Fiction allows you to go deeper into the truth. You can put anything down and you can take chances.”

— Peter Matthieson

“I gave up worrying about the principles of fiction writing when I realized that there weren't any.”

— Teri Louise Kelly