True Stories are fragments. Anything longer is a lie, a…

I found two true stories. One was in 2003. One was the beginning of 2004. I decided to meld them. Richard Davis' story which…

— Paul Haggis

I think, ultimately, people are looking for real heartfelt true stories. They want to engage with them, they want to relate (to) them and,…

— Shari Wiedmann

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

We wrote every single song, and they're all true stories. Some people don't believe us, but they are.

— Maddie Marlow

All true stories begin and end in a cemetery" - The Shadow of the Wind

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

“True stories seldom have endings.”

— Frances Hardinge

True stories are always good because they're so odd, and so unlikely.

— Steven Knight

We should tell the true stories of that day to honor the memory and sacrifice of those who perished on 9/11 and in the…

— Rick Wilson

With my friends, it was always essentially true stories. That's how I always felt about doing King-Cat. This is something that really happened, whether…

— John Porcellino

The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.

— Ken Liu

I think all true stories are hopeful stories. I don't think there's any room for nihilism.

— John Green

I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim Jones was…

— Julia Scheeres

“...that's the way to tell a true story from a made-up one. A made-up story always has a neat and tidy end. But true…

— Elspeth Huxley

As if there could be true stories: things happen in one way, and we retell them in the opposite way.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

I like to tell untold true stories, or the lesser-known aspects of larger, familiar stories. I think people or topics that are slightly on…

— Nancy Kates