Accidents Quote by Robert Penn Warren

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

— Clive James

At its best, fiction is not a diversion but a means of knowing the world.

— Charles Baxter

Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.

— Jessamyn West

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos (no less) and we can accomplish this only by the most vigilant exercise of…

— John Cheever

Fiction is the study of the human condition under imagined circumstances.

— Charles Stross

“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

As entertainment, fiction may offer momentary relief from the stresses of reality.

— Joanna Scott

I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen.

— Colm Toibin

When you are writing fiction your task is to reflect the fullest complications of the world

— Julian Barnes

Fiction is an improvement on life

— Charles Bukowski

The practice of fiction can be dangerous: it puts ideas into the head of the world.

— Anthony Burgess

Fiction is about stuff that's screwed up.

— Nancy Kress