A Quote by Mark Twain
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
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Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
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 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.
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.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better.
Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves.
Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction.
Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.
Truth maybe stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.
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 more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use.
Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord, which a piece of acknowledged fiction misses. It is to touch this chord that some authors have done everything they could to give you the impression that they are telling the plain truth.
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