Given that external reality is a fiction, the writers role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there. – J. G. Ballard

There are. intangible realities which float near us, formless and without words; realities which no one has thought out, and which are excluded for lack of interpreters. – Natalie Clifford Barney

Reality is a palette that humans paint on to let themselves sleep better at night. – Author Unknown