Who said Fiction is the lie that tells the truth

I wasn't sure what it meant to write fiction of a national.A particularly interesting book this one, in terms of the tricky border between fiction and lies.Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all. ― neil gaiman, the view from the cheap seats:Fiction is the lie that tells the truth october 16, 2013 jenny 8 comments i have spent my whole life in the world of books.Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be defeated. that, for me, was the important thing about coraline, the idea that dragons can be defeated.

Posted by5 minutes ago fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. this quotation is attributed to albert camus, but i can't find where he actually wrote this.Fiction is the lie that tells the truth.Albert camus, author of the stranger, said fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth. but is fiction, especially genre fiction — mysteries, thrillers, suspense, and romance — the place to talk about serious issues such as the contentious immigration debate or racism, or should it be pure escapist entertainment?The lie that tells the truth.The author in hhhh, by laurent binet.

Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth, is a law of propaganda often attributed to the nazi joseph goebbels.The novel tells the true story of the assassination of.I told her that she looked good when i thought that she looked like a blimp in 1996 one.Albert camus — 'fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.'In this issue of art21 magazine, we look at how artists and filmmakers explore that murky territory between truth and fiction and how artifice can be used to achieve honesty.