Fiction Quote by Raymond A. Mar

“Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.”

— Desi Puspitasari

“Fiction offers the best means of understanding people different from oneself, short of experience. Actually, fiction can be lots better than experience, because it's…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Only fiction has the power to cross the mental barricades, to make strangers intelligible to each other, because it moves people's hearts as well…

— Ian Leslie

“What is so addictive about fiction is that it is the one reliable place in which we can apprehend and participate in - fully…

— Rick Gekoski

“Individuals who frequently read fiction seem to be better able to understand other people, empathize with them and see the world from their perspective.”

— Annie Murphy Paul

“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.”

— James Van Pelt

Fiction is such a world of freedom, it's wonderful. If you want someone to fly, they can fly.

— Alice Walker

“what people write reflects what they believe—fiction is where you go to tell or read the truth that people will stare or laugh at…

— Michael Marshall

“Life's much more fun if you pretend it's fiction.”

— Jamie Delano

“Life might be stranger than fiction, but fiction allows many writers to more accurately portray life to their readers.”

— Jaime Buckley

“those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others.”

— Terry Marselle

“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