Changed Quote by Malcolm Cowley

I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.

— Wilkie Collins

All the stories are fictions. What matters is which fiction you believe.

— Orson Scott Card

A story is a way to say something that can't be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to…

— Flannery O'Connor

Narrative stories are nothing but models of karma and causality - how one thing leads to another. And a lot of narrative fiction is…

— Jess Row

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative.

— E. L. Doctorow

Fiction comes in all shapes and sizes. Secrets,lies,stories. We all tell them. Sometimes,because we hope to entertain. Sometimes,because we need to distract. And sometimes,…

— Jodi Picoult

Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.

— Neil Gaiman

Personally, I believe in fiction because the stories I like are those with a beginning and an end.

— Italo Calvino

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material…

— Terry Brooks

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

— Anthony Horowitz