“Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.”
“What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.”
“Drama is real life – with the dull parts left out.” Alfred Hitchcock”
“Good fiction is life with all the boring bits taken out, not with all the hardship taken out.”
“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.”
“Without mysteries, life would be very dull indeed. What would be left to strive for if everything were known?”