Quotes about Fiction

Many fiction writers write for the critics or for themselves; they forget the common reader. I never do. I don't think journalism clashes with my fiction; on the contrary, it helps enormously.

An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.

Now, I'm a failed political consultant. But sometimes fiction has a way of capturing people's imagination in a way that non-fiction doesn't. Conservatives typically haven't written much fiction - specifically political thrillers - over the years to educate, inspire and mobilize people on issues of great import, but we ought to.

all these calculations yes explanations yes the whole story from beginning to end yes completely false yes

The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

I believe that reality TV should be called 'not reality' TV; it's fiction.

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction.

I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?

Honest to God, Bill, the way things are going, all I can think of is that I'm a character in a book by somebody who wants to write about somebody who suffers all the time.

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

My complaint simply concerns the decay of the art of lying.