J. G. Ballard Quote

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

As quoted in The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1993) by Robert Andrews.

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.