Essays Quote by Susan Sontag

I want prose fiction to be recognized as that, and I'm not interested in writing as it becomes more personal.

— Anonymous

I had originally been looking at writing, including fiction.

— Ben Rhodes

“Writing fiction is a way of expressing feelings and revealing a certain truth about life, goals, dreams and desires.”

— Ann Marie Aguilar

I am led to the proposition that there is no fiction or nonfiction as we commonly understand the distinction: there is only narrative.

— E. L. Doctorow

Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life.

— Nadine Gordimer

Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference.

— Elliott Colla

I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.

— Gary Shteyngart

My writing has always been what you call 'narrative fiction' in the sense that it's got very strong plots and twists at the end.

— Anthony Horowitz

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

— Charles Stross

You can include essay elements in fiction; this is a very nineteenth century practice.

— Susan Sontag

With fiction, it could be about anything. It just has to be good writing, like Maria Semple's "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," which I read…

— Cheryl Strayed

Literature is about telling stories.

— Amos Oz