Character Quote by Tamora Pierce

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got…

— Ricky Gervais

Realism is death to me. I cannot stand life as it is.

— Zane Grey

I've kind of come to the conclusion that what passes for realism in movies has nothing to do with reality and that my stuff…

— Charlie Kaufman

There's a level of realism you can only achieve through the imaginary.

— Fumito Ueda

I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all. I'm interested in the ways that I think people want to relate.

— Lynne Tillman

I love many realists but very strongly resist the notion that realism presents a less stylized, more authentic version of the world.

— Laura van den Berg

I'm interested in reality but I'm not interested in realism at all.

— Lynne Tillman

I just have to focus on staying truthful to my characters and depict their reality as authentically as I can.

— Arjun Mathur

Realism...has no more to do with reality than anything else.

— Hob Broun

Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

— Federico Fellini

Realism is something we practice when we aren't feeling very well. When we don't feel up to the extra effort.

— Robert Edmond Jones

Realism is a corruption of reality.

— Wallace Stevens