Escape Quote by Nicole Christie

“Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Fiction can, and should, mimic life, with all its messes and discomfort and disquiet. Fiction should also prove just how complicated and troubled many…

— Anonymous

“fiction is necessary to life - not only as books but as dreams, dreams that frame the world and give it meaning.”

— Siri Hustvedt

“I've always felt sad for people who don't read fiction; they only get to live one life.”

— Jack Tyler

“I use Fiction to face Reality And write sweet Stories to avoid the bitter ones.”

— Talia

“Once in a while, when reality is too painful to bear, fiction can help us to restore the fragility of our human condition.”

— Frances Stead Stellers

“No fiction is good fiction unless it is true to life, and yet no life is worth relating unless it be a life out…

— William Gerhardie

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Fiction, however, sometimes ensures disappointment with reality”

— Miguel Syjuco

“I wish life were a fiction novel. Then everyone would have to do what I say.”

— Michelle M. Pillow

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison

“Fiction, at the point of development at which it has arrived, demands from the writer a spirit of scrupulous abnegation.The only legitimate of all…

— Joseph Conrad