Fiction Quote by Tea Obreht

The only thing that stays the same is everything changes

— Anonymous

But the best I've known Stays here, and changes, breaks, grows old, is blown About the winds of the world, and fades from brains…

— Rupert Brooke

“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best…

— Azar Nafisi

We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane…

— Chuck Palahniuk

The best fiction is geared towards conflict. We learn most about our characters through tension, when they are put up against insurmountable obstacles. This…

— Sufjan Stevens

“The best liars write the best fiction.”

— Robert M. Roberts

“The best fiction rises – yes, like a phoenix – out of the ashes of people’s sad, true disasters. We write in order to…

— Chuck Palahniuk

“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best…

— Azar Nafisi

Most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best fiction always forced…

— Azar Nafisi

“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

“What the best fiction does is make powerful affirmations of familiar truths...the trivial fiction which times filters out is that which either makes wrong…

— John Gardner

“The best fiction is often how we interpret our own lives and what we see as our common due. It is created usually as…

— Anne Edwards