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title: "31 Truth Fiction Quotes by 29 authors"
description: "Browse 31 Truth Fiction quotes by 29 authors. Discover the best Truth Fiction sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/tim-o-brien-1818_fiction_a-lie-sometimes-can-be-truer-than-the-tr_146588.png"
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> [A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-o-brien/a-lie-sometimes-can-be-truer-than-the-truth-which-is-why-fiction-gets/)

[Tim O'Brien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-o-brien/)

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> [There's truth and then there's fiction - I think truth does exist and you can present it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ioan-gruffudd/there-s-truth-and-then-there-s-fiction-i-think-truth-does-exist-and/)

[Ioan Gruffudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ioan-gruffudd/)

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> [The truth of history crowds out the truth of fiction - as if one were obliged to choose between them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-sontag/the-truth-of-history-crowds-out-the-truth-of-fiction-as-if-one-were/)

[Susan Sontag](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-sontag/)

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> [Truth and fiction are so aptly mixed that all seems uniform and of a piece.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wentworth-dillon-4th-earl-of-roscommon/truth-and-fiction-are-so-aptly-mixed-that-all-seems-uniform-and-of-a/)

[Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wentworth-dillon-4th-earl-of-roscommon/)

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> [Such, Polly, are your sex - part truth, part fiction; - Some thought, much whim and all a contradiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-savage/such-polly-are-your-sex-part-truth-part-fiction-some-thought-much/)

[Richard Savage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-savage/)

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> [A magician pulls a rabbit from a hat, and actors pull truth from fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mia-goth/a-magician-pulls-a-rabbit-from-a-hat-and-actors-pull-truth-from/)

[Mia Goth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mia-goth/)

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> [Did you ever see a giraffe? It is like something from between the regions of truth and fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geraldine-jewsbury/did-you-ever-see-a-giraffe-it-is-like-something-from-between-the/)

[Geraldine Jewsbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geraldine-jewsbury/)

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> [“Anyhow, my point is that you know now that nonfiction is never the entire truth, and fiction is almost never pure fabrication.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ken-andersen/anyhow-my-point-is-that-you-know-now-that-nonfiction-is-never-the/)

[Ken Andersen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ken-andersen/)

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> [My thing is to try to tell the truth as honestly as possible. For me, the weight is, how can I tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justin-simien/my-thing-is-to-try-to-tell-the-truth-as-honestly-as-possible-for-me/)

[Justin Simien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justin-simien/)

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> [“(M)emories are often amalgams of truth and fiction, sewn together in our heads by our subconscious to support our personal beliefs about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shaun-david-hutchinson/m-emories-are-often-amalgams-of-truth-and-fiction-sewn-together-in/)

[Shaun David Hutchinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shaun-david-hutchinson/)

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> [“Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/sometimes-i-think-there-may-be-more-truth-in-fiction-than-in-real/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [In order to dream, you need to have a springboard which is the facts... It gives it that touch of reality, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-leigh/in-order-to-dream-you-need-to-have-a-springboard-which-is-the-facts/)

[Janet Leigh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-leigh/)

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> [Fiction is not necessarily about what you know, it's about how you feel. That is the truth about fiction, and the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/fiction-is-not-necessarily-about-what-you-know-it-s-about-how-you/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

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> [“I contend that one is likely to find more truth in fiction. A good painting after all is more truthful than a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-vawter/i-contend-that-one-is-likely-to-find-more-truth-in-fiction-a-good/)

[Vince Vawter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-vawter/)

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> [...Don't let me ever hear you say, 'I can't read fiction. I only have time for the truth.' Fiction is the truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-waters/don-t-let-me-ever-hear-you-say-i-can-t-read-fiction-i-only-have-time/)

[John Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-waters/)

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> [Pablo Picasso said, "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and it's not a terribly radical statement. It's always been that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/momus/pablo-picasso-said-art-is-the-lie-that-tells-the-truth-and-it-s-not-a/)

[Momus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/momus/)

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> [Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-smith/francie-was-ten-years-old-when-she-first-found-an-outlet-in-writing/)

[Betty Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-smith/)

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> [There's a moment in Sarah Manguso's The Guardians when she writes, "I try not to make anything up, and I fail every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-talbot/there-s-a-moment-in-sarah-manguso-s-the-guardians-when-she-writes-i/)

[Jill Talbot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-talbot/)

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> [As a writer, I was deliberately creating an alternate world, and then populating it with experiences and people that I knew in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-keck/as-a-writer-i-was-deliberately-creating-an-alternate-world-and-then/)

[Kevin Keck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-keck/)

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> [“Fiction, at the point of development at which it has arrived, demands from the writer a spirit of scrupulous abnegation.The only legitimate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-conrad/fiction-at-the-point-of-development-at-which-it-has-arrived-demands/)

[Joseph Conrad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-conrad/)

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> [“She loved people, she said, especially those in books, which was largely how she knew them, but she declined to associate with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/she-loved-people-she-said-especially-those-in-books-which-was-largely/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

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> [“The historical truth is a fiction. OK, I did whatever I could to find out what happened from surviving friends, family and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-pryor/the-historical-truth-is-a-fiction-ok-i-did-whatever-i-could-to-find/)

[William Pryor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-pryor/)

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> [“In theory, if some holy book misrepresented reality, its disciples would sooner or later discover this, and the text’s authority would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/in-theory-if-some-holy-book-misrepresented-reality-its-disciples/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [“All truth is fiction, really, for the teller tells it as he sees it, and it might be different from some other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witi-ihimaera/all-truth-is-fiction-really-for-the-teller-tells-it-as-he-sees-it-and/)

[Witi Ihimaera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witi-ihimaera/)

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> [“Because the truth is, fiction is one of the most effective time travel machines in the universe and always has been.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-vandermeer/because-the-truth-is-fiction-is-one-of-the-most-effective-time-travel/)

[Ann VanderMeer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-vandermeer/)

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> [I create situations that do not exist. I seek the truth from fiction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-moon/i-create-situations-that-do-not-exist-i-seek-the-truth-from-fiction/)

[Sarah Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-moon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/sarah-moon-37536_creativity_i-create-situations-that-do-not-exist-i_987494.png)

> [“Truth becomes fiction when the fiction's true; Real becomes not-real where the unreal's real.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cao-xueqin/truth-becomes-fiction-when-the-fiction-s-true-real-becomes-not-real/)

[Cao Xueqin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cao-xueqin/)

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> [“In this age when reality is built on big lies, what better place for truth than fiction?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mat-johnson/in-this-age-when-reality-is-built-on-big-lies-what-better-place-for/)

[Mat Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mat-johnson/)

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> [Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/kids-fiction-is-the-truth-inside-the-lie-and-the-truth-of-this/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b28/stephen-king-13_children_kids-fiction-is-the-truth-inside-the-lie_1397223.jpg)

> [“say, “Sometimes I think there may be more truth in fiction than in real life. Or at least truth condensed so that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/say-sometimes-i-think-there-may-be-more-truth-in-fiction-than-in-real/)

[Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/dean-koontz-118_fiction_say-sometimes-i-think-there-may-be-more_2376497.jpg)

> [I have found that in fiction one is freer to speak the truth, if only because in fiction the truth is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-sington/i-have-found-that-in-fiction-one-is-freer-to-speak-the-truth-if-only/)

[Philip Sington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-sington/)

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