Believe Quote by Marie Calloway

The difficulty with telling stories about real people is you have to find a way of mixing yourself into the matter.

— Olivier Dahan

I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any…

— Lou Reed

There are some people who believe that these are not real stories with real people, but they actually are.

— Samantha Bee

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and…

— Jonathan Evison

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers…

— Jonathan Kellerman

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me…

— Matt Lauer

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets…

— Caroline B. Cooney

The fact that somebody's telling you a story about people who didn't exist doesn't make the experience of the story any less real in…

— John Darnielle

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can…

— Stephenie Meyer

The harder part of doing a real story is that there are real people and you have a responsibility to not just go crazy…

— Scott Walker

I don't write a whole lot about one person that exists in reality; it's usually characteristics of different people that I combine into a…

— Jason Isbell