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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.
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.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he read more
Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study read more
The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.
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.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
