Autobiography Quote by Nicholas Delbanco

An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally.

— V. S. Naipaul

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 lie through which we tell the truth.

— Albert Camus

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

— Dorothy Allison

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

— Stephen King

Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you…

— Vikram Seth

Much more than an entertaining set of exaggerated facts, fiction is a metaphoric method of describing, dramatizing and condensing historical events, personal actions, psychological…

— Tom Robbins

All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage.

— Norman Spinrad

“FICTION is a series of unintended coincidence,confabulation,and quasi-lucid lying made plausible enough for an author and a reader to cohabitate for a secret, brief…

— J.D. Brayton

I don't like the word 'autobiography.' I rather like the term 'autofiction.' The second you make a script out of the story of your…

— Marjane Satrapi