Fiction Quote by William Faulkner

“The best fiction is far more true than any kind of journalism.”

— Hunter S. Thompson

Just as some things are too strange for fiction, others are too true for journalism.

— P. J. O'Rourke

“It’s true that journalism in reality is not the journalism that we learnt in the university. It is far from it.”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

Women sometimes go too far, it's true. But it's only when you go too far that others listen.

— Indira Gandhi

“I explained that most great works of the imagination were meant to make you feel like a stranger in your own home. The best…

— Azar Nafisi

We're so much more likely to feel sympathy for an animal than another person; thus, the best fiction uses animals to define truly humane…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I saw that my best work was my most personal work, which is odd, because my fiction is very far afield and has nothing…

— Ann Patchett

I always wanted to write fiction. Always. As far back as I can remember it's been integral to my sense of myself - everything…

— Will Self

“Thus it had come about that she had read far more fiction, and far more poetry, those two sanctuaries of the lonely, than most…

— John Fowles

“Science fiction could now be made far more convincing by science fact.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

When you're writing non-fiction, you go as far as you can go, and then ethically you have to stop. You can't go. You can't…

— Geraldine Brooks

“The best fiction is true.”

— Kinky Friedman