Art making Quote by Megan McCafferty

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb

The great thing about fiction is you can fix things and make things better.

— Valerie Plame

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

— Angus Wilson

Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself…

— David Foster Wallace

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

— Neil Gaiman

Fiction is the lie that helps us understand the truth.

— Tim O'Brien

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Fiction just makes it all more interesting. Truth is so boring.

— Charlaine Harris

If you think about it, fiction is nothing more than gossip about the people you've made up.

— John Dufresne

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 a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

— Dorothy Allison

When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how things come…

— J. Courtney Sullivan