Creatures Quote by W. Somerset Maugham

As we grow older we become more conscious of the complexity, incoherence, and unreasonableness of human beings; this indeed is the only excuse that…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Fiction helps me to reconnect with the true, deep weirdness inherent in everyday reality, in our dealings with one another, in just being alive.

— Karen Russell

Fiction is about what it is to be a human being.

— David Foster Wallace

For us, the playground of fiction is just as important as reality

— Ryohgo Narita

Writing fiction is fundamentally an irrational act.

— Dale Peck

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

— Manoj Vaz

Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic…

— Ann Patchett

Fiction is socially meaningful.

— David Guterson

“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

The making of fiction takes literally what is suggested by our imagination.

— Alice Mattison

Reality, if rightly interpreted, is grander than fiction.

— Thomas Carlyle

Fiction doesn't appeal to me because it can describe physical appearances exhaustively or because it can offer access to the inner depths of an…

— Ben Lerner