Quotes About Fiction

Places of the imagination are visited in books. Seen in reality they may be hard to recognize; they are disappointing, they might even seem fake.

Diferentemente do que ocorre nos romances, a vida verdadeira, depois que passou, tende não para a clareza, mas para a obscuridade.

The most difficult achievement is the capacity to see oneself, to name oneself, to imagine oneself. If in daily life we use ideologies, common sense, religion, even literature itself to disguise our experiences and make them presentable, in fiction it's possible to sweep away all the veils—in fact, perhaps, it's a duty.

Nas fábulas se age como se quer, na realidade se faz o que se pode.

Do you have your book?" "No, it's not out yet." "A copy of the last one you wrote?" "Yes." "Take it and sit here, pretend to be reading." I obeyed in a daze. Tina grabbed a book, too, and assumed the same pose, saying to Imma: Take a picture of me.

Pero sigo pensando que cuando nos atribuimos de modo más o menos arbitrario la tarea de contar no debemos preocuparnos por la serenidad de quien nos lee, sino solo por construir ficciones que ayuden a contemplar la condición humana sin demasiados filtros.

The "Genuine 'real life,'" as Dostoevsky called it, is an obsession, a torment for the writer. With greater or less ability we fabricate fictions not so that the false will seem true but to tell the most unspeakable truth with absolute faithfulness through the fiction.

No se imaginen cosas que no existen, que no van a acabar bien

A story is a life that didn't happen, and a life is a story that didn't get told.

He felt to me increasingly like the parody of a love interest.

Writers are liars trying to come clean. That's why the best ones are the most tragic.

She imagined Ripley sitting at the typewriter with her as she wrote her novel. I imagined her sitting with me as I wrote my screenplay.

The place in her, though, where her tears should have come from, was rough and dry. No, she didn't find any tears in herself to cry for the storyteller. The storyteller didn't exist anymore.

Dado que el mundo es de una complejidad pavorosa, una buena historia de ficción lo simplifica y lo hace inteligible. La ficción ayuda a largo plazo a poner las cosas en su sitio. Al final, lo que sabemos de las sociedades lo sabemos a través de ella a lo largo del tiempo.

Literature for me isn't a workaday job, but something which involves desires, dreams and fantasy.

People in the news channel can make more artificial stories on any subject than the writers who are in the film industry.

The Mother-In-Law and the Daughter-In-Law display bonhomie with each other in their family only in reel life not real life.

This film is ultimate proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

Most of what follows is true.' William Goldman, who won an Oscar for the screenplay,

This might sound a little nutty, but to write fiction is to live in an invented world with a set of imaginary friends.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Only when poetry is read can it become a hobby, a habit, a daily necessity. Only so can it become 'literature', enjoyment of which is no longer confined to the solemn moments of life or to special festivities, but which may be drawn upon as desired merely to pass the time of day. Poetry thus loses the last remnant of its numinous character and becomes mere 'fiction', mere invention which can arouse aesthetic interest without claiming any element of conviction

Ik lees nauwelijks fictie. Onder ons gezegd en gezwegen, ik vind het iets voor verveelde huisvrouwen. Fictie. Dan Brown heb ik gelezen, omdat zoveel mensen dat kochten. Ik dacht, eens kijken of de massa smaak heeft. Maar dat was dus niet zo.

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.