Big Quote by Robert Harris

Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

— Fay Weldon

In a democracy in the 20th and 21st century, if you can't base your fiction upon ordinary people and the issues that engage them,…

— John Updike

The power of historical fiction for bad and for good can be immense in shaping consciousness of the past.

— Antony Beevor

I can't claim to be disenchanted "with the current state of fiction" because I read so little of it. My reading is mostly drawn…

— Cynthia Ozick

Fiction has always been a way of examining society and its flaws and trying to expose them.

— Lisa Joy

With fiction, and also with nonfiction that you can take your time doing, you have a much better chance of reaching across the divide…

— George Saunders

Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns…

— Barbara Kingsolver

My concern is how we live fictions, how fictions have real effects, become facts in that sense, and how our experience of the world…

— Ben Lerner

As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.

— George R. R. Martin

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

— Oscar Wilde

I'm a bit skeptical about the possibilities for resistant fiction, and even more despondent over the potential for politically engaged writing to do much…

— Davis Schneiderman

I think that fiction has a certain power.

— Jesmyn Ward