Quote by Mason Cooley Download Open image “Unlike the actual, the fictional explains itself.” — Mason Cooley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
The story you are about to read is a work of fiction. Nothing - and everything - about it is real. — Todd Strasser Copy Share Image
I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality. — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
One of the things that makes characters real is details. Life offers a lot of details. You just have to choose and use them… — Nick Earls Copy Share Image
There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional. — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Nostalgia keeps dissolving the ironic narratives in which I have contained my past. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Even the most abject have a sense of superiority based on powerful though undefined merits. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
Literary tradition is full of lies about poverty-the jolly beggar, the poor but happy milkmaid, the wholesome diet of porridge, etc. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
My intentions go one way, my desires another. Thus I feel both self-indulgent and deprived. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
