“The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.” FactsStoriesLinesFictionHairCrossesLogicIntuitionShort StorySeverePrecisionCoordinates Book:A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation Source: A Poet's Alphabet: Reflections on the Literary Art and Vocation
“Life is an interpretation of a series of facts, and that interpretation is really what life is about. So the division between non-fiction and fiction has a certain logic, but it's a very limited one. And by and large, it isn't helpful.” FactsLife IsCertainFictionLogicSeriesHelpfulInterpretationDivisionNon Fiction Author:Yann Martel
“Please help keep the world clean: others may wish to use it. Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence. The only place success comes before work is a dictionary Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.” WorldShouldMayHelpingStoriesUseWishFictionPoliticianPleaseLogicMethodScience FictionCleanConclusionDictionaryDetectivesSystematicDetective StoriesWrong Conclusion Author:Arthur C. Clarke
“If there was no risk, it wouldn't be art. It wouldn't be worth making. There is risk even in a fairy tale. Fiction is closest to pure narrative, and pure narrative is simply the logic we try to impose on an ever-changing reality.” IfsTryingArtRealityFictionRiskPureLogicTalesNarrativeFairyFairy TaleClosestRisk ItChanging Reality Author:Chris Abani
“I don't really have those kinds of intentions when I write a scene. I try to follow the internal logic of the fiction, rather than make an argument or an assertion.” WritingTryingKindFictionSceneArgumentLogicIntentionInternalsAssertion Author:Rachel Kushner
“As you may know, my motto is: "All memory is fiction." It could just as easily be: "All fiction is memory." Unpacked, these two statements defy the ease of logic, but offer some really important truths about narrative art, at the very least, and about memory. So I would say that all art is personal.” KnowsMayArtTwoImportantMemoriesFictionOffersArt IsLogicStatementsNarrativeEaseMottoMy MottoNarrative Art Author:Kwame Dawes