Fiction Quote by Tom Clancy Download Open image “The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” — Tom Clancy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction Fiction and reality Life Reality
The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
There is an old saying: In history nothing is true but the names and dates. In fiction everything is true but the names and… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
We live in a culture that has a real hard time distinguishing fiction from reality. Even when they're told something is fiction. — Nic Pizzolatto Copy Share Image
The trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense, whereas real life doesn't. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Don't make a big distinction between fiction and non-fiction. These are arbitrary distinctions... — Farley Mowat Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.” — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
People, I am actually fairly smart. Why has this not occurred to anyone? The information is all out there, if you go looking for… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Sunday was the normal day for the political awareness session at sea. Ordinarily Putin would have officiated, reading some Pravada editorials, followed by selected… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Fix your eyes forward on what you can do, not back on what you cannot change. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Speak your dialogue out loud. If it sounds like the way people talk, then write it down. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Two questions form the foundation of all novels: "What if?" and "What next?" (A third question, "What now?", is one the author asks himself… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not... Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton is a man who thinks international affairs means dating a girl from out of town. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
The objective of a terrorist is to create political change in the society he targets. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“His hands on my waist he gently pulled me n embrace. I could feel his breath on my face our lips were about to… — Nicole Eglinger Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image
