Being real Quote by Yann Martel

There's no division on my bookshelf between fiction and nonfiction. As far as I'm concerned, fiction is about the truth.

— Arundhati Roy

Fiction and nonfiction are not so easily divided. Fiction may not be real, but it's true; it goes beyond the garland of facts to…

— Yann Martel

Fiction is truth. I think fiction is the truest thing there ever was. My whole effort is to remove that distinction. The writer is…

— Arundhati Roy

The difference between fiction and nonfiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.

— Mark Twain

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

Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's…

— Joanna Scott

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

“The difference between nonfiction and fiction is that fiction must be absolutely believable.”

— Mark Twain

The only difference between reality and fiction is that fiction needs to be credible.

— Mark Twain

I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.

— John McGahern

The role of fiction is supposed to be divorced from the role of reality.

— Tom Clancy

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

— Albert Camus