Books Quote by Rebecca Makkai

“For me, at least, fiction is the only way i can even begin to twist my lying memories into something true.”

— John Green

“Unfortunately, the story wasn’t a novel, and it wasn’t fiction.”

— Aleatha Romig

“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

— Neil Gaiman

“Memoirs lie, but fiction tells the truth.”

— Philip Roth

“Fiction is a lie covering up a deep truth.”

— Maria Vargas Llosa

“I consider all things a work of fiction, even myself.”

— Nancy B. Brewer

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.”

— John Hawkes

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once…

— John Hawkes

“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.”

— Carl Henegan

“Like all good works of fiction, it lies like the truth.”

— Robert Crossley

“what is fiction in particular is truth in general.”

— Anonymous

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

— Dorothy Allison