“To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth.” — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
'Peter Pan' is tried and true - it's a story that everybody knows. — Taylor Louderman Copy Share Image
Your only responsibility as a writer is to be true to the story that has chosen you as its writer. — Jean Little Copy Share Image
“Make it interesting and it will be true: this is what story writers live by.” — Heidi Pitlor Copy Share Image
“You can't truly understand a fact by watching its' true story version.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I tend to wait for true stories to mature into fiction. Most of my fiction grew out of a long-germinating real-life situation. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those… — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
Don't you worry about any bad comments or any judgmental people. Because the true story about yourself only God that knows it. — Reny Copy Share Image
“We don’t have to relive the sad and bad memories of Christmas Past. We can create new Christmas memories in the present… — Tom North Copy Share Image
“Rage Against the Dying Light is my fairy tale, even though it is based on a true story. For everyone knows that… — Jan Surasky Copy Share Image
I learned that I never really know the true story of my guests' lives, that I have to content myself with knowing… — Terry Gross Copy Share Image
I was pretty certain I'd stay in TV rather than returning to the feature world because the material just seems so much… — Lexi Alexander Copy Share Image
“Many Germans nowadays say they were not Nazi, and many were not, but they were nearly ALL Party members. It was safer… — Alfred Nestor Copy Share Image
Fiction has consisted either of placing imaginary characters in a true story, which is the Iliad, or of presenting the story of… — Raymond Queneau Copy Share Image
Many people think of the Bible as a book of moral teachings with stories sprinkled through to illustrate the teachings. But it's… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
For me to play any true person in a film based on a true story, I always want to make sure that… — Lydia Hearst Copy Share Image
I like to tell untold true stories, or the lesser-known aspects of larger, familiar stories. I think people or topics that are… — Nancy Kates Copy Share Image
WHEN A LIZARD CAN, WHY CAN'T WE? This is I'm told a true story that happened in Japan. In order to renovate… — Ritzy Copy Share Image
I find it relatively easy to keep my clothes on because I don't really feel like taking them off. It's not an… — Taylor Swift Copy Share Image
I walked around my apartment with food in my mouth asking myself: "How do I come up with this voice?" Then I… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
The desire for story is very, very deep in human beings. We are the only creature in the world that does this;… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“For realists, the true story of the Civil War illuminates the problem of ostensibly sober-minded compromise with powerful, and intractable, evil. For… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
Barack Obama, you know has a lot of supporters here in America, but he's very popular internationally. It's quite interesting. This is… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
'Three Billboards,' which is not based on a true story but does have some reality flavoring, must appear worthy of elected office… — Wesley Morris Copy Share Image
“Like every company, every person has a dozen good stories that reveal that person. A talent in marketing is to discover your… — Harry Beckwith Copy Share Image
The first to apologize is the bravest The fist to forgive is the strongest. And the first to forget is the happiest¦true… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Most of the challenges in my life Seemed hopelessly impossible So, I ended up doing what I had to do I went… — José N. Harris Copy Share Image
“The following is a true story. However, the characters, locations, situations, and events are entirely fictional.” — Derek Fox Copy Share Image
A true storyteller is really good at writing himself into a corner and then finding a way out of that corner — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
“"Based on a true story"? No, thanks. I prefer "based on a true imagination".” — Enkelejd Lamaj Copy Share Image
“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience but spiritual beings having a human experience.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My mom used to call me Joshy Boucher. I watched 'The Waterboy' so much, my mom started calling me Joshy Boucher. True… — Josh Allen Copy Share Image
It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat. — Patrick Ness Copy Share Image