Fiction Quote by Mal Peet

“Experience, contrary to common belief, is mostly imagination.”

— Ruth Benedict

“It was all your imagination. And imagination is sometimes worse than reality…”

— Banana Yoshimoto

“When imagination changes from hoping to knowing, it makes things real.”

— Angelo Dirks

“...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.”

— Peggy Kopman-Owens

“Sometimes we are deceived by our imagination.”

— Omaid Ahmadzai

“Imagination shows an ability to lie, to pretend the world is different than it is.”

— Gemma Malley

“None of us need ever fear that we don't have an active imagination, because imagination is mostly a willingness to entertain a strange idea…

— Bert Dodson

“After all, you can’t know what’s happening inside a person while they stare. You can only imagine. And imagination can be a highly fear-based…

— Catherine Ryan Hyde

“You cannot trust your eyes, if your imagination is out of focus.”

— Mark Twain

“If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed.”

— Cora M. Strayer

“Only you know what's really floating around in your mind. Call it fiction and keep everyone guessing.”

— Richard Myerscough

“Imagination is a good servant, and a bad master. The simplest explanation is always the most likely.”

— Agatha Christie