Fabric Quote by Henry Miller

I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.

— Steve Toltz

But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure invention is…

— Lord Byron

Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is…

— Alan Moore

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

— Anonymous

I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir.

— Akhil Sharma

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.

— Anton Chekhov

Truth is the most powerful thing in the world, since even fiction itself must be governed by it, and can only please by its…

— Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury

People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.

— Ernest Hemingway

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

— Dorothy Allison

Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.

— Mira Nair

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

All fiction is lies – if it weren’t, it would be biography, history, or reportage.

— Norman Spinrad