“The truth is, everything we know about America, everything Americans come to know about being American, isn't from the news. I live there. We don't go home at the end of the day and think, "Well, I really know who I am now because the Wall Street Journal says that the Stock Exchange closed at this many points." What we know about how to be who we are comes from stories. It comes from the novels, the movies, the fashion magazines. It comes from popular culture.” ThinkingKnowsWellsEndsStoriesHomeAmericaCultureNovelStreetsFashionWallTruth IsNewsWho I AmMagazinesWho We AreThe End Of The DayJournalPopular CultureStock ExchangeWall Street JournalFashion Magazines Author:Chris Abani
“The place for truth is not in the facts of a novel; it is in the feelings.” FactsFeelingsNovelTruth Is Author:Mary Stewart
“A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be” MayLyingNovelTruth Is Author:Mario Vargas Llosa
“I created a character whose motives were pure and good and she was going to go out and save the whole world. But the truth is, you can't save the whole world, but you can save one. And that was the whole thrust of the novel - to save just one.” WorldWholeCharacterNovelTruth IsPureWhole WorldMotiveJust OneThrust Author:Lurlene McDaniel