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On Writing Fiction Quotes By Bret Easton Ellis: The real Julian Wells didn't die in a The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track. — Bret Easton Ellis
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Susan Orlean: I teach a non-fiction writing class at New I teach a non-fiction writing class at New York University, and one of my great pleasures is deciding on the syllabus. — Susan Orlean
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Tim O'Brien: A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written. — Tim O'Brien
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Mary Papas: You need to take some acting classes to You need to take some acting classes to learn to hide your huge crush on my husband better — Mary Papas
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Robert Harris: Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not Writers of fiction should stick to writing, not pop up on panel shows or as a talking head. — Robert Harris
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Buddy Ebsen: Writing fiction, there are no limits to what Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on. — Buddy Ebsen
On Writing Fiction Quotes By F.K. Preston: All around us is a nothing that stretches All around us is a nothing that stretches on for infinity. We humans can barely comprehend that. If we comprehend it we are rarely pleased. — F.K. Preston
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Tom Robbins: I like to think of myself as a I like to think of myself as a fiction writer who liked art enough to write about it for a while, and then went on to his fiction. — Tom Robbins
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Ian McEwan: The best way to tell people about climate The best way to tell people about climate change is through non-fiction. There's a vast literature of outstanding writing on the subject. — Ian McEwan
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Wilkie Collins: I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story. — Wilkie Collins
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Michael Bassey Johnson: Nobody wants to be a part of your Nobody wants to be a part of your story. Everybody wants you to elaborate on their fantasies. — Michael Bassey Johnson
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Neil Leckman: I consider whoever my words land on to I consider whoever my words land on to be my target, that's why I like flash fiction, it's a lot like using a shotgun. — Neil Leckman
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Dennis R. Miller: Writing a novel is like traveling the universe Writing a novel is like traveling the universe on foot. — Dennis R. Miller
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Andre Dubus: I have always known that writing fiction had I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad. — Andre Dubus
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Marc Royston: I seek to take my audience on an I seek to take my audience on an emotional roller-coaster ride, a journey of laughter and tears and every sentiment in between. — Marc Royston
On Writing Fiction Quotes By C.C. Wyatt: Writing is cathartic when you write to please Writing is cathartic when you write to please yourself not others. — C.C. Wyatt
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Khaled Hosseini: Writing fiction is the act of weaving a Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth. — Khaled Hosseini
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Michael Cunningham: One always has a better book in one's One always has a better book in one's mind than one can manage to get onto paper. — Michael Cunningham
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Deana J. Driver: Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. — Deana J. Driver
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Tim O'Brien: That's what fiction is for. It's for getting That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth. — Tim O'Brien
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Hallie Ephron: I was an outsider, never quite part of I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction. — Hallie Ephron
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Elizabeth Strout: She said that her job as a writer She said that her job as a writer of fiction was to report on the human condition, to tel us who we are and what we think and what we do. — Elizabeth Strout
On Writing Fiction Quotes By M.F.K. Fisher: I honestly believe that everything I know about I honestly believe that everything I know about the writing of non-fiction (or writing) could be engraved on the head of a pin with a garden hoe ... — M.F.K. Fisher
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Gore Vidal: I write in the morning at a table, I write in the morning at a table, longhand on yellow legal pads, just like Nixon, when I'm doing fiction. — Gore Vidal
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Neil Gaiman: There are people who think that things that There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong. — Neil Gaiman
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Adam Steven Page: Putting a piece of you in your protagonist Putting a piece of you in your protagonist adds depth and merges the worlds of fiction and reality. — Adam Steven Page
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Richard Ford: On writing: I don't like doing this, but On writing: I don't like doing this, but it feels so good when I stop. — Richard Ford
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Virginia Woolf: A woman must have money and a room A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. — Virginia Woolf
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Kurt Vonnegut: Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking Homo Americanus is going to go on speaking and writing the way he always has, no matter what dictionary he owns. — Kurt Vonnegut
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Marty Rubin: On the blank page all things are possible. On the blank page all things are possible. — Marty Rubin
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Hugh Howey: I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training wheels on for writing. — Hugh Howey
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Kia Carrington-Russell: I can be a woman on a mission. I can be a woman on a mission. But I'll choose what mission that is. And that my friend is where youll see the results. — Kia Carrington-Russell
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Joss Whedon: You take people, you put them on a You take people, you put them on a journey, you give them peril, you find out who they really are. — Joss Whedon
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Stephen King: The more fiction you read and write, the The more fiction you read and write, the more you'll find your paragraphs forming on their own. — Stephen King
On Writing Fiction Quotes By John Cheever: Fiction is art and art is the triumph Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos ... to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream. — John Cheever
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Dennis R. Miller: When I'm writing, really writing, everything but breathing When I'm writing, really writing, everything but breathing is an ignorable distraction. — Dennis R. Miller
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Luke Taylor: Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, Fiction is a careful combination of observation, inspiration, and imagination. — Luke Taylor
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Kay Kenyon: I love storytelling when the writing spins through I love storytelling when the writing spins through me like photons on their way to lighting the world. — Kay Kenyon
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Eveli Acosta: Changing imagination into fiction is what I love Changing imagination into fiction is what I love to do. — Eveli Acosta
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Henry Mosquera: Some things are just like riding a bicycle; Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don't fall. — Henry Mosquera
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Carla H. Krueger: Most people assume I write at night because Most people assume I write at night because of the kind of books I write, but I can shut out the light with my mind. — Carla H. Krueger
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Phyllis A. Whitney: A good book isn't written, it's rewritten. A good book isn't written, it's rewritten. — Phyllis A. Whitney
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Lauren Groff: In the end, fiction is the craft of In the end, fiction is the craft of telling truth through lies. — Lauren Groff
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Tom Bruno: Truth? How can you get truth out of Truth? How can you get truth out of fiction?"
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On Writing Fiction Quotes By Heather O'Brien: The story is the story is the story. The story is the story is the story. — Heather O'Brien
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Kathleen Rooney: As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and As a writer who writes poetry, nonfiction, and fiction, I think it's important to always maintain a firm grasp on genre and ethics. — Kathleen Rooney
On Writing Fiction Quotes By John Updike: Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a Does fiction, artistic writing, have much of a future? I must say it's on the way out. — John Updike
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Alan Moore: Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction:
Simply to participate. — Alan Moore
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Sheila Heti: Women's fiction doesn't sound like anything but a Women's fiction doesn't sound like anything but a slur to my ears. — Sheila Heti
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Diane Setterfield: A good story is always more dazzling than A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth. — Diane Setterfield
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Brook Tesla: Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and Are you imperfect, romantically irrational, ridiculously fearless, and utterly illogical? You're my ideal reader, friend, partner. I'm your fan. — Brook Tesla
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Chloe Thurlow: All fiction is based on fact and moves All fiction is based on fact and moves into fantasy. It is the writer's task to make the unbelievable believable. — Chloe Thurlow
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Salman Rushdie: If I had simply wanted to trade on If I had simply wanted to trade on an insult to Islam, I could have done it in a sentence rather than writing a 250,000-word novel, a work of fiction. — Salman Rushdie
On Writing Fiction Quotes By Don Roff: I write fiction. It may have mystery, it I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre. — Don Roff

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