Books Quote by Todd Crawshaw

Writers of novels live in a strange world where what's made up is as important as what's real.

— Sara Sheridan

“At their most basic level, great fictional stories are about transformation - usually a change from one perspective to another. The change may be…

— Rob Parnell

“life rarely finds its exact likeness in a novel, that is hardly fiction’s purpose,”

— Katie Kitamura

“This book is fiction, but there is always a chance that such a work of fiction may throw some light on what has been…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Mistakes in a work of fiction by a writer are new discoveries by the reader, that create a new ending for the story.”

— kambiz mostofizadeh

“I know a lot of writers, and everyone works differently, but this is something that we truly have in common across all genres -…

— Sara Sheridan

“Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling.”

— Hillel F. Damron

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may…

— Ernest Hemingway

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once…

— John Hawkes

“Life might be stranger than fiction, but fiction allows many writers to more accurately portray life to their readers.”

— Jaime Buckley

Fiction writers are strange beasts. They are, like all writers, observers first and foremost. Everything that happens to and around them is potential material…

— Terry Brooks