3,834 Quotes About Fiction

The truer the facts the better the fiction.

A woman must have money and room of her own if she is to write fiction

I think anything goes in fiction as long as it fits within the interior logic of the work itself and is presented in a disciplined manner.

Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for examining or commenting on the present.

Autobiographies tell more lies than all but the most self-indulgent fiction.

Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old - obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.

They recite their sacred books, although the fact informs me that these are a fiction from first to last. O Reason, thou (alone) speakest the truth. Then perish the fools who forged the (religious) traditions or interpreted them!

A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction.

I was uncomfortable writing fiction. My love was the personal essay rather than the novel.