Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world — Clark Zlotchew
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Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction.

— Clark Zlotchew
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