Books Quote by Romain Gary

Every author that creates is a liar;literature is a lie,but from that lie, a recreation of reality is born. Therefore, recreating reality is one…

— Juan Rulfo

Reality deals in specifics under the guise of generalities. Literature does the contrary...

— Alberto Manguel

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

— Hunter S. Thompson

The world of literature is a world where there is no reality except that of the human imagination.

— Northrop Frye

“All fiction is based on some form of reality—otherwise we would never have the inspiration or knowledge to dream up the realistic situations we…

— Rene Folsom

“Literature is a struggle over the nature of reality.”

— Richard Wright

“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life”

— James N. Frey

“Literature cannot be reality in a same way as literature cannot be idealistic.”

— Shankar Lamichhane

My work is always based on reality. I'm not an artist that creates works of fiction. I'm not an artist who is in my…

— Alfredo Jaar

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

— Nicole Krauss

The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.

— Mark Twain

Literature takes reality and human experience as its starting point, transforms it by means of the imagination, and sends readers back to life with…

— Leland Ryken