A Quote by Mark Twain

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction. — © Mark Twain
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
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.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves.
Truth maybe stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.
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.
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.
Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional.
...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth, fool! Ever hear of 'literature'? That means fiction, too, stupid.
They say truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, but there's such a thing as believability when you're writing a novel.
Truth is stranger than fiction," as the old saying goes. When I watch a documentary, I can't help crying and then I think to myself, "Fiction can't compete with this." But when I mentioned this to a veteran manga artist friend of mine he said that "fiction brings salvation to characters in stories that would otherwise have no salvation at all." His words strengthened the conviction of my manga spirit.
The times are so peculiar now, so mediaeval so unreasonable that for the first time in a hundred years truth is really stranger than fiction. Any truth.
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