Believable Quote by Scott Bradfield

“... but some say that reality is what happens inside a writer's head, and it is fiction which takes place outside it.”

— Barry A. Whittingham

“Day after day, week after week; writing great fiction takes time, emotion, skill and effort.”

— Amaya Ellman

The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.

— Alice Mattison

When Truman Capote wrote from the perspective of condemned murderers from a lower economic class than his own, he had some gall. But writing…

— Lionel Shriver

Against the sustained tick of a watch, fiction takes the measure of a life, a season, a look exchanged, the turning point, desire as…

— Mavis Gallant

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at…

— Raymond Chandler

Fiction takes us to places that we would never otherwise go, and puts us behind eyes that are not our own.

— Neil Gaiman

I've always been a fan of books that create an interesting blend of fact and fiction - whether it's Norman Mailer, or 'The Short…

— Mark Boal

“There is no fact or fiction, only imagined truths.”

— Mark Piper

In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts…

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems.

— Antony Beevor

The blurring of fact and fiction has great commercial potential, which is bound to be corrupting in historical terms.

— Antony Beevor

In a brilliant fusion of fact and fiction, Jayne Anne Phillips has written the novel of the year. It's the story of a serial…

— Stephen King

I feel that entertainment happens when fact and fiction is balanced.

— Fahadh Faasil

Max Allan Collins blends fact and fiction like no other writer.

— Andrew Vachss