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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.
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
The only imaginative fiction being written today is income tax returns.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
Fiction is the truth inside the lie.
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.
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.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because 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.
