3,834 Quotes About Fiction

  • Author H. L. Mencken
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    Every autobiography ... becomes an absorbing work of fiction, with something of the charm of a cryptogram.

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  • Author Hilary Mantel
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    Fiction leaves us so much work to do, allows the individual so much input; you have to see, you have to hear, you have to taste the madeleine, and while you are seemingly passive in your chair, you have to travel.

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  • Author Jill McCorkle
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    I am very interested in that fine line between fiction and reality and between comedy and tragedy - and pushing the line as much as possible.

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  • Author Lisa McMann
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    I've always found teenagers really interesting. I think they've got so much going on in their lives, so that lends itself really well to fiction because there's so much drama, so much activity, so much growth.

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  • Author Moby
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    I grew up obsessed with science fiction, and when I was really young, I wanted to be a scientist.

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  • Author Peter Morgan
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    Generally, I read nonfiction. There's very little fiction that I enjoy enough to spend my time reading. I am generally a nonfiction guy.

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  • Author Rick Moody
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    Impotence, fetishism, bisexuality, and bondage are all facts of life, and our fiction should reflect that.

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