Discouraged Quote by Robert Boswell

Writing is such a solitary thing, so its nice, when Im discouraged, to see people still have such faith in fiction.

— Robert Boswell

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

— Anthony Doerr

Writing fiction is a good way to inhabit other minds, if not other lives.

— Sheila Heti

The good thing about writing fiction is that you can get back at people.

— John Grisham

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb

Writing fiction means putting a lot of what you believe about the world at risk, because you have to follow your characters.

— Phil Klay

Every time I wrote fiction, I was discouraged, and every time I wrote nonfiction, I was encouraged.

— Ron Chernow

Fiction has always been a thorn in my side, because I've always wanted to be a writer but I can't seem to really do…

— Sufjan Stevens

When you write fiction, you're like a bird making a nest. You remember every little story ever told you. It's funny how things come…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

Writing fiction, I really just sit there and it just comes.

— Alexander McCall Smith

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

— Angus Wilson

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you…

— Megan McCafferty