Fiction Quote by Norman Macleod

fiction is not only the historian of life but its apologist.

— Gertrude Atherton

When it comes to the past, everyone writes fiction.

— Stephen King

I think fiction recues history from its confusions.

— Don DeLillo

Most historians are engaged in fiction.

— Peter Morgan

I meet a number of people as a writer of fiction who say "Oh, I don't read much fiction," as if the history of…

— Yann Martel

These are the experiences I wish to record in this book, which should really be called The Diary of a Palaeontologist. But in committing…

— Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald

Can fiction teach us? Absolutely. Fiction has the power to illustrate place, era, and atmosphere in vivid detail. But it is not Anthropology for…

— Celeste Ng

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

— Anthony Doerr

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of…

— Oscar Wilde

As strange as this may sound, I very seldom read fiction. Because my novels require so much research, almost everything I read is non…

— Dan Brown

We've had fiction from the time of cave drawings. I think fiction, storytelling, and narrative in general will always exist in some form.

— Edwidge Danticat

I don't like fiction, I like reading proper history.

— Tony Pulis