Quote by Sissel Tolaas

“Once in a while, when reality is too painful to bear, fiction can help us to restore the fragility of our human condition.”

— Frances Stead Stellers

“I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's…

— Flannery O'Connor

“Fiction, however, sometimes ensures disappointment with reality”

— Miguel Syjuco

“I use Fiction to face Reality And write sweet Stories to avoid the bitter ones.”

— Talia

“The job of a fiction writer is to engage the reader and rip them from reality.”

— Tom Wiseman

“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”

— Manoj Vaz

“Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about.”

— Sanhita Baruah

“...sense of reality is important in any work of fiction...”

— Stephen King

“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

“... 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

“People don't handle reality very well and prefer the story we make of our lives instead.”

— Laura Gilfillan

“Reality is a crutch for people who can't handle science fiction.”

— Gene Wolfe