I think we have become oversaturated with tired fictional narratives.

- Lucy Walker

The fictional work is a kind of actor that wears a satirical garb but can put on other costumes as well.

- Will Self

Once you discover that real pirates are more interesting than fictional ones, you can't look away.

- Robert Kurson

I don't think there is a fictional character who resembles me because fictional characters are not real!

- Ruth Rendell

I do not believe that with a fictional character you can force yourself too far away from yourself. There has to be some of you in it.

- Peter Finch

I do like to embed a fictional character firmly in an occupation.

- Penelope Lively

I am not someone who throws around the word 'self-esteem.' It is a fictional description.

- Nicolle Wallace

The fictional character with whom I most profoundly identified was Yossarian in Catch-22. Always did, still do.

- Neil Cross

I fictionship. I love fictional men.

- Margaret Stohl

I'm always a little apprehensive about 'decoding' fictional stories.

- Adrian Tomine

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

- Kurt Busiek

I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

- Jami Attenberg

In every film, whether it's a fictional character or not, you create an idea of the character and for me I always do a bad impersonation to start with.

- Joaquin Phoenix

Blurryface is a fictional character and a reference to insecurities, which I think all people have.

- Josh Dun

The substance of fictional architecture is not bricks and mortar but evanescent consciousness.

- John Updike

Has there ever been anybody, real or fictional, whiter than Betty Crocker?

- Howie Carr

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

- Christian McKay