Fiction Quotes

"This is a work of fiction, but believe me, none of this is invented." "You should never trust a storyteller; only trust the story" "The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life." "The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary is that it be interesting." "History is the fiction we invent to persuade ourselves that events are knowable and that life has order and direction." "We're talking about fictional characters, imaginary people, but the important thing is that it is real for us" "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." "It’s a metaphor see: You put the killing thing right between your teeth but you don’t give it the power to do its killing" "Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function" "Fiction has enabled us not merely to imagine things, but to do so collectively" "The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means." "The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life." "Anything you dream is fiction." "Some stories are true that never happened." "Fiction is the truth inside the lie" "Books are the perfect entertainment" "A short story is a different thing altogether"