Believe Quote by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

“In journalism just one fact that is false prejudices the entire work. In contrast, in fiction one single fact that is true gives legitimacy…

— Gabriel García Márquez

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.

— Gail Caldwell

Telling ourselves that fiction is in a sense true and at the same time not true is essential to the art of fiction. It's…

— Joanna Scott

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about…

— Clark Zlotchew

The best fiction is far more true than any journalism.

— William Faulkner

Truth is stranger than nonfiction. And life is too interesting to be left to journalists. People have stories, but journalists have 'takes,' and it's…

— Walter Kirn

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.

— Tim O'Brien

Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the truth by…

— John Green

Fiction is lies; we're writing about people who never existed and events that never happened when we write fiction, whether its science fiction or…

— George R. R. Martin

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

— Gore Vidal

One handles truths like dynamite. Literature is one vast hypocrisy, a giant deception, treachery. All writers have concealed more than they revealed.

— Anais Nin

Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.

— Julian Barnes