Fiction is a particular kind of rhetoric, a way of thinking that I think can be useful in your life. It asks you to image the world through someone else's eyes, and it allows you to try to empathize with situations that you haven't actually experienced. Dan Chaon askempathizeexperience share on social
Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning. Dorothy Allison fictionliemean Change image and share on social
Fiction is a report from the interior. Deborah Eisenberg fictioninteriorreport Change image and share on social
Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States' initial or baptismal experience in nation-building. Miguel Syjuco afghanistanbaptismalbuild share on social
Fiction is able to do one thing better than any other art form: it is able to convey a convincing sense of what is going on in someone else's head. To me, that is the great mystery of life: what is everyone else thinking? Arthur Phillips artconveyconvince share on social
Fiction is able to encompass books that are bleak and which dwell on the manifold and terrible problems of our times. But I don't think that all books need to have that particular focus. Alexander McCall Smith bleakbookdwell Change image and share on social
Fiction is about intimacy with characters, events, places. Robert Morgan charactereventfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction is about telling a good story, first and foremost. But of course, everything I'm interested in or angry about leaks into my writing, from art to violence against women. Lauren Beukes angryartfiction Change image and share on social
Fiction is an elemental force, which has the power to shape reality in its own image - or images, I should say - because reality, like light, exists not only as a single point or particle, but also as an array of possibilities. Ruth Ozeki arrayelementalexist share on social
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist. Hunter S. Thompson artistbasefairytale Change image and share on social
