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    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.

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The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.

by Herman Wouk Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

by Mark Twain Found in: Fiction Quotes, Truth Quotes,
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A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of read more

A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.

by Stanley Kubrick Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

by William Faulkner Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

by Stephen King Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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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.

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Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free read more

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

by Philip Roth Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

by Tom Clancy Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

by Edward Albee Found in: Fiction Quotes,
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