Believable Quote by Scott Bradfield

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have…

— Ethan Canin

All fiction for me is a kind of magic and trickery, a confidence trick, trying to make people believe something is true that isn't.

— Angus Wilson

The great thing about fiction is that you can start off by telling the truth, then start making stuff up like crazy whenever you…

— Megan McCafferty

I want my fiction to feel real most of the time, so it makes sense to pay attention to life and to how people…

— Nick Earls

Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Most fiction comes from your experience.

— Susan Minot

Over the years, I have come to realize that no matter how satisfying fiction is, it becomes that much better when it actually happened.

— Elin Hilderbrand

I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that…

— George Saunders

Good fiction must be entertaining- but what makes fiction special- and True- is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Fiction is the most joyous, beautiful, sophisticated, wonderful thing in the world.

— Arundhati Roy

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

I love the idea of real-life experiences finding their way into fiction. I think that's really cool.

— Joel Edgerton