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Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be read more
Fiction is not a dream. nor is it guesswork. It is imagining based on facts, and the facts must be accurate or the work of imagining will not stand up.
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.
An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.
All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.