Fiction allows us to both evade truth and to approach it - or, rather, it's fiction that allows us to 'construct' our world. It's haunted by the unimaginable and the unspeakable. Joshua Oppenheimer approachconstructevade Change image and share on social
Fiction allows you to embody certain ideas and give them an emotional reality. The characters allow you to get close viscerally to an idea. Anne Michaels charactercloseembody Change image and share on social
Fiction and essays can create empathy for the theoretical stranger. Barbara Kingsolver createempathyessay Change image and share on social
Fiction and nonfiction, for me, involve very different processes. Chad Harbach fictioninvolvenonfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction and poetry are my first loves, but the really beautiful lyrical essay can do so much that other forms cannot. Chris Abani beautifulessayfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction, at its best, is a radical act of intimacy. It seeks to join, to merge, to know deeply; and, as with intimacy, there is a way in which it cannot be faked. Stacey D'Erasmo actdeeplyfake Change image and share on social
Fiction basically is a form of gossip where you want to enter other people's lives, the lives of people you don't know, and you want to know what's going to happen to them. Vikram Seth basicallyenterfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children. Ben Marcus childfacefear Change image and share on social
Fiction came quite a while later. I began with short stories and fiction for children. Helen Dunmore beginchildfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction can either be a mirror reflecting you back to yourself or it can be a clean pane of glass looking on the outside. Neel Mukherjee backcleanfiction Change image and share on social
