Famous quotes containing the words fiction and/or authors:
“... fiction never exceeds the reach of the writer’s courage.”
—Dorothy Allison (b. 1949)
“The names of all fine authors are fictitious ones, far more so than that of Junius,—simply standing, as they do, for the mystical, ever-eluding Spirit of all Beauty, which ubiquitously possesses men of genius.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)