Soap opera Quote by M.R. Carey

“He was like a poorly written plot twist—predictable yet somehow still disappointing.”

— Janus Lucky

“I feel that the characters in my book, if they were real, would be like, "Seriously, another plot twist?”

— Kaya Carvajal

“I found the final plot twist unsatisfying, as plot twists often are: nothing like life, which - it seems to me - turns less…

— Harriet Lane

“It had the austere simplicity of fiction rather than the tangled woof of fact.”

— Anonymous

“Yeah, and that alternate universes usually have the worst endings with the unhappiest conclusions.”

— Krista Ritchie

“...worst of all were the highly unlikely science-fiction novels, or the equally implausible futuristic tales. Couldn't my mom and Nana Victoria see for themselves…

— John Irving

“there is an osmosis from fiction to reality, a constant contamination which distorts the truth behind both and fuzzes the telling distinctions in life…

— Iain M. Banks

“Olive Wellwood had the feeling writers often have when told perfect tales for fictions, that there was too much fact, too little space for…

— A.S. Byatt

“Truth is not a saga of alarming episodes; it is a detail, usually a small one, that gives a fiction life.”

— Paul Theroux

“Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.”

— T.R. Wallace

“It was hard to separate the fact from the fiction...”

— Jodi Picoult

“The sheer volume of bad news had gotten beyond anybody’s ability to process into a narrative.”

— Charlie Jane Anders