A Quote by Mark Twain

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.

Mark Twain

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.

Mark Twain

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

Leo Rosten

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well.

Brad Holland

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.

Mark Twain

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better.

Jon Weisman

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.

Mark Twain

Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Truth maybe stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.

Frederic Raphael

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't.

Ray McKinnon

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational.

Sydney J. Harris

Truth is stranger than fiction, which is why reality TV is so popular.

Heather Dubrow

The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent.

Mark Twain

Truth is always stranger than fiction. We craft fiction to match our sense of how things ought to be, but truth cannot be crafted. Truth is, and truth has a way of astonishing us to our knees. Reminding us, that the universe does not exist to fulfill our expectations. Because we are imperfect beings who are self-blinded to the truth of the world’s stunning complexity, we shave reality to paper thin theories and ideologies that we can easily grasp – and we call them truths. But the truth of a sea in all it’s immensity cannot be embodied in one tidewashed pebble.