Fiction Importance Quotes

I think of fiction as the highest calling. I'm kind of addicted to it. It's the thing that has gotten me through all the hard points in my life.

I think that fiction and, as I say, history and biography are immensely important, not only for their own sake, because they provide a picture of life now and of life in the past, but also as vehicles for the expression of general philosophic ideas, religious ideas, social ideas.

I know that for every reader who has lost the habit or can't find the time, there are people who've never enjoyed reading and question the value of literature, either as entertainment or education, or believe that a love of books, and of fiction in particular, is sentimental or frivolous.

...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of 'literature'? That means fiction, too, stupid.

You should never read just for "enjoyment." Read to make yourself smarter! Less judgmental. More apt to understand your friends' insane behavior, or better yet, your own. Pick "hard books." Ones you have to concentrate on while reading. And for god's sake, don't let me ever hear you say, "I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth." Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of "literature"? That means fiction, too, stupid.

It's not irrelevant, those moments of connection, those places where fiction saves your life. It's the most important thing there is.

I think fiction is important because it has the power to transport a reader into another life.

I think human beings wouldn't be human without narrative fiction.

without fiction, either life would be insufficient or the winds from the north would blow too cold.

I need fiction like you need to eat or exercise.

Children's fiction is the most important fiction of all.

If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters.