In Fiction
- Kurtz (Heart of Darkness), main character of Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness
- Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, the main antagonist of the film Apocalypse Now, played by Marlon Brando, which is based on the Conrad story, but in a Vietnam War setting
- Dr Kurtz, a character in Robert Ardrey's play Thunder Rock and the film based on the play.
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Famous quotes containing the word fiction:
“I write fiction and I’m told it’s autobiography, I write autobiography and I’m told it’s fiction, so since I’m so dim and they’re so smart, let them decide what it is or it isn’t.”
—Philip Roth (b. 1933)
“Being is a fiction invented by those who suffer from becoming.”
—Coleman Dowell (1925–1985)