True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.

There are in life real evils enough, and it is folly to afflict ourselves with imaginary ones; it is time enough when the real…

— Benjamin

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 like to think that one of things I've done with non-fiction since the very beginning is to find new ways of telling true…

— Errol Morris

My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.

— John Green

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

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

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“...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

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

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

— John Green

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

— Ken Liu

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

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

— Steven Knight

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

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

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

True stories seldom have endings. I don't want a happy ending, I want more story.

— Frances Hardinge