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The fact is fiction is always a representation of life, sometimes the lives of famous people.

I think one of the paradoxes of writing fiction is when people enjoy it, they want it to be real. So they look for connections.

Fiction is the study of the human condition under imagined circumstances.

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

But there's the paradox of fiction - why do you cry when a fake character dies? It's the basis of art. You engage with people who don't exist and care about them as you would your friends and relatives.

There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good', to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community.

Meta-fiction doesn't depend on the illusion that you're reading about real people.

Fiction is able to do one thing better than any other art form: it is able to convey a convincing sense of what is going on in someone else's head. To me, that is the great mystery of life: what is everyone else thinking?