Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life. Theodore Sturgeon fictionimportantlife Change image and share on social
Fiction isn't made by scraping the bones of topicality for the last shreds and sinews, to be processed into mechanically recovered prose. Like journalism, it deals in ideas as well as facts, but also in metaphors, symbols and myths. Hilary Mantel bonedealfact share on social
Fiction isn't memoir and memoir isn't fiction. Arthur Phillips fictionmemoir Change image and share on social
Fiction just has a lot more room for ambivalence and internal conflict, contradiction, and for me that sums up so much of what people felt after 9/11 - confusion even. And I think that's hard to capture in journalism. Amy Waldman ambivalencecaptureconflict share on social
Fiction leaves us so much work to do, allows the individual so much input; you have to see, you have to hear, you have to taste the madeleine, and while you are seemingly passive in your chair, you have to travel. Hilary Mantel chairfictionhear share on social
Fiction makes your dreams come true, and, as a writer, fiction allows you to delve into the area of miracles. James McBride areadelvedream Change image and share on social
Fiction, maybe art in general, is a tentative, uncertain enterprise; it's not science, it's an exploration, but you never find much in the way of answers. Tim O'Brien answerartenterprise Change image and share on social
Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures. Ralph Waldo Emerson fictionobscurereality Change image and share on social
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures. Jessamyn West fictionobscurereality Change image and share on social
