Believe Quote by Mark Twain

“Reader, do not doubt the truth of my words, for the tale I tell is a lie from beginning to end. It is often…

— Noémi Szécsi

If something I make succeeds, people say it was luck. But I don't just throw myself into the unknown. I research my subjects and…

— Cosima Spender

The truth is hidden from us. Even if a mere piece of luck brings us straight to it, we shall have no grounded conviction…

— Lucian

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

— Tim O'Brien

Luck took me right out of myself - I read it in one gulp, and it never let me down. Sharp and surprising but…

— Alice Munro

“Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now? And yet, things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams…

— Neil Gaiman

“There's a part of a book that never lies. A writer puts his soul into a book. Every word is two sides of a…

— Sam Mills Black Out

When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible, and would…

— Bill Vaughan

“The reader may ask how to tell fact from fiction. A rough guide: anything that seems particularly unlikely is probably true.”

— Hilary Mantel

Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.

— Mark Twain

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

— Gail Caldwell

“believed in The Good Luck of Right Now. Believing—or maybe even pretending—made you feel better about what had happened, regardless of what was true…

— Matthew Quick