Stranger than fiction Quotes by Leo Rosten

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense.

— Leo Rosten

There was no answer, no solution, no sop, no deliverance. What, then, did I do? I read faster.

— Leo Rosten

People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle.

— Leo Rosten

Everyone, in some small sacred sanctuary of the self, is nuts.

— Leo Rosten

What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring]

— Leo Rosten

Dogs are getting bigger, according to a leading dog manufacturer.

— Leo Rosten

Acting is a form of deception, and actors can mesmerize themselves almost as easily as an audience.

— Leo Rosten

Her cooking suggested she had attended the Cordon Noir.

— Leo Rosten

“The purpose of life is not to be happy—but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that…

— Leo Rosten

For some not to be martyrs is martyrdom indeed.

— Leo Rosten

“Anybody who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.”

— Leo Rosten

O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we…

— Leo Rosten