Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

Fiction is the truth inside the lie.

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

A play is fiction and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study read more

The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life

Imagination and fiction make up more than three-quarters of our real life

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he read more

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of read more

A film is -- or should be -- more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.

An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.

An autobiography can distort, facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies. It reveals the writer totally.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction.