A Quote by William Randolph

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting.

William Randolph

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William Randolph
American - Politician
November 7, 1650 - April 11, 1711

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.

Pseudonymous Bosch

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 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.

W. Somerset Maugham

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.

Mark Twain

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

Mark Twain

The truth is stranger than fiction . . . and often more incriminating.

Greg Cox

There's nothing I love more than a great truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story.

Jeff Feuerzeig

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.

Mark Twain

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

Mark Twain

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