Stories Quote by Richard Wright

The trite answer is that everything is true but none of it happened. It is emotionally true, but the events, the plotting, the narrative,…

— Patrick Marber

A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.

— Frank Luntz

In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.

— Theresa Breslin

All stories are true. But some of them never happened.

— James A. Owen

This story is true. Of course, there are many lies therein and most of it did not happen, but it's all true. In that…

— Craig Ferguson

Truth is better than fiction in terms of telling the story.

— Kristi Jacobson

This story is slightly immoral, but so, I guess, are stories based on truth

— Ring Lardner

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

— Anonymous

A story is not always a lie..Some stories are truer than truth.

— Jhiess Krieg

Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.

— Stephen Frears

Believe that story false that ought not to be true.

— Richard Brinsley Sheridan

There is no story that is not true.

— Chinua Achebe