Books Quote by John Dryden

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

— Fay Weldon

When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.

— George Bernard Shaw

The truth is always less interesting than the fiction.

— Jean-Pierre Dardenne

There is bad in all good authors: what a pity the converse isn't true!

— Philip Larkin

A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel.

— Julien Green

You don't look up truthiness in a book, you look it up in your gut.

— Stephen Colbert

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

— Mira Nair

“The truth, indeed, is out—but the ears to hear it and the minds to learn from it seem to have been atrophied by a…

— Murray Bookchin

Truth is always duller than fiction.

— Piers Paul Read

Truth can never be told so as to be understood and not be believed.

— William Blake

Truth will always be truth, regardless of lack of understanding, disbelief or ignorance.

— W. Clement Stone

The truth is never as painful as discovering a lie.

— James Merrow