Fiction Quote by John Alexander Download Open image ““One doesn't intentionally to alter the truth, just enhance it and make it more memorable.”” — John Alexander ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fiction Lies Storytelling Truth
“The truth is not something to be totted out on just any old occasion.” — Barry Walsh Copy Share Image
“If the truth should be complex and somewhat disillusioning, it would still not be a merit to substitute for it some more dramatic and… — Clarence Irving Lewis Copy Share Image
“Just because someone sees the truth doesn't mean they will accept it or allow that truth to change them.” — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
“He made my truth light and funny without diminishing the importance of it.” — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
“And, I often think, the truth isn't good or bad, it's just the truth.” — Polly Horvath Copy Share Image
“The truth may be inconvenient, but it's better than anything else.” — Allison Brennan Copy Share Image
“The truth is always made up of little particulars which sound ridiculous when repeated.” — Thomas Berger Copy Share Image
“Sometimes a writer simply finds new ways of saying what has already been said because, ultimately, truth is unoriginal.” — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
“Truth angers the foolish and confuses the unwise. Such a sad reality to comprehend sometimes.” — Kenneth G. Ortiz Copy Share Image
“The truth is not something to be trotted out on just any old occasion.” — Barry Walsh Copy Share Image
“The popular notion that ghosts are likely to be seen in a graveyard is not borne out by psychical research... A haunting ghost usually… — John Alexander Copy Share Image
“…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to” — Phil Hogan Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some… — Edward Einhorn Copy Share Image
Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth:… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
There's always that discussion about fiction about how do you market it - these are books for boys, these are books for girls, these… — L.A. Weatherly Copy Share Image
Inspiration comes from so many sources. Music, other fiction, the non-fiction I read, TV shows, films, news reports, people I know, stories I hear,… — Trudi Canavan Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in making a diagnostic novel or a concern. I'm 100 percent committed in fiction to the pleasure principle - that's what… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
“His hands on my waist he gently pulled me n embrace. I could feel his breath on my face our lips were about to… — Nicole Eglinger Copy Share Image
In early drafts, one of the trickiest things for me to do was to realize that the techniques and devices that make readable and… — Kathleen Rooney Copy Share Image
I don't think it's always a sign of respect for persons (inside or outside of fiction) to pretend to be able to represent, to… — Ben Lerner Copy Share Image