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.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

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

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

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

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.

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

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