Draw Quote by Monica Johnson

I believe any fiction writer is inspired by real life.

— Ravi Subramanian

To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on…

— Aldous Huxley

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.

— Sheila Heti

Writers shouldn't have lives that are interesting. It gets in the way of your work.

— Salman Rushdie

Fiction writing is just an excuse to go discover interesting things.

— Anthony Doerr

The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.

— Varley O'Connor

The interesting thing about fiction from a writer's standpoint is that the characters come to life within you. And yet who are they and…

— Whitley Strieber

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairy-tale artist, you have to get your knowledge of life from somewhere. You have to know…

— Hunter S. Thompson

Fiction writing is an act of imagination, lived experience is secondary in many ways, writing a novel really is all about inventing worlds and…

— Ayana Mathis

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

— James Rollins

However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that…

— Wally Lamb

People write fiction in their minds all the time - every time we read a 'human interest' news story, or a true crime tale,…

— Dan Chaon