“Imagination and fiction make up more than three quarters of our real life.”
“Fiction can be more real to the reader than reality itself because fiction is the essence of life”
“Children, brought up naturally and in freedom, not only have imagination, but live in a world of imagination more real to them than our reality. ("Absolute Evil")”
“How sad that I felt more of a connection to a fictional character than to a guy in real life.”
“It's six o'clock; my drink is at the three-quarter mark - three-quarters down not three-quarters up - and the night begins.("New York Blues")”
“His imagination was always more real than the reality of daily life.”