Built Quote by Thomas A. Edison

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

— Dorothy Allison

Fiction to me is a kind of parable. You have got to make up your mind it's not true. Some kind of truth emerges…

— Muriel Spark

“Faith, as well intentioned as it may be, must be built on facts, not fiction- faith in fiction is a damnable false hope. Thomas…

— George Washington

I think fiction is a very serious thing, that while it is fiction, it is also a revelation of truth, or facts.

— John McGahern

To those searching for truth -- not the truth of dogma and darkness but the truth brought by reason, search, examination, and inquiry, discipline…

— Thomas A. Edison

The aim of fiction is absolute and honest truth.

— Anton Chekhov

Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.

— Horace

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

— Francis Bacon

Fiction is the microscope of truth.

— Alphonse de Lamartine

Fiction is the lie that tells the truth, after all.

— Neil Gaiman

There is no doubt fiction makes a better job of the truth.

— Anonymous

Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it's any less true.

— Jodi Picoult