Fiction Quote by Robert Harris

“Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction—so we are told. Therefore”

— Virginia Woolf

“Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction — so we are told.”

— Virginia Wolff

Writers of fiction, when they begin, are more likely to try the short form

— Irwin Shaw

Too many writers of fiction don't give the reader enough credit.

— Jonathan Evison

“One must not ask for sincere autobiographies from writers. Fiction was invented precisely to give men the possibility of expressing themselves freely.”

— Lev Shestov

“Do writers of fiction tell lies or just tall stories?”

— Clive Owen Barry

I have always felt like an artist when I work on a book. I see no reason why the word should always be confined…

— Barbara Tuchman

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.

— Peter Carey

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible.

— Richard Posner

“Writers of fiction embellish reality almost without knowing it.”

— Aljean Harmetz

A friend of mine who writes history books said to me that he thought that the two creatures most to be pitied were the…

— Katherine Paterson