Writing Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“... but some say that reality is what happens inside a writer's head, and it is fiction which takes place outside it.”

— Barry A. Whittingham

“In the real world, writing is not artificially separated into specific discourses. It is blended for effect.”

— Kelly Gallagher

“I am not ultimately interested in writing fiction. I can't make things up. Or rather, I can only make things up about things that…

— Alison Bechdel

“...sense of reality is important in any work of fiction...”

— Stephen King

“No non-poetic account of reality can be complete.”

— John Myhill

“That's the fundamental flaw in the illusion that writers like to maintain, the idea that we can craft anything approaching the truth. No matter…

— Carolyn Parkhurst

“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”

— Anna Quindlen

“Fiction has to be well researched, properly conceived and logically presented. Reality needs none of the above.”

— Manoj Vaz

“Apparently the law of Inertia affects writing too.”

— A.A. Cheshire

“The beauty of fiction is it need not be factual and the writer's imagination can travel as far from reality as he or she…

— Sheldon Friedman

“Writing improves in direct ratio to the number of things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there.”

— William Zinsser

“Writing fiction feels like an adventurous act, nudging aside reality a word at a time.”

— James Van Pelt