Quotes about stranger Than Fiction

Real life is much stranger than fiction, man. Votes: 8

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction. Votes: 8

It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Votes: 8

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. Votes: 8

I think that truth is stranger than fiction, and it's nice to know the people you're making a movie about. Votes: 8

The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent. Votes: 7

Fact is stranger than fiction. Votes: 6

Youth is stranger than fiction. Votes: 6

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction Votes: 6

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. Votes: 6

The truth is stranger than fiction . . . and often more incriminating. Votes: 6

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. Votes: 6

Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor. Votes: 6

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, but usually fiction is just better. Votes: 6

Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it. Votes: 6

Fact is often stranger than fiction because most writers of fiction try to make their stories plausible. Votes: 6

Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies. Votes: 6

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. Votes: 6

Truth is more of a stranger than fiction. When in doubt, tell the truth. If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. Most writers regard the truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are economical in its use. Votes: 6

I've played drug dealers, all my life. I've made a career of killing people and playing all kinds of killers. The violence and drugs is portrayed in exaggeration. This is fiction. That is how I looked at it. And, sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. Just open a newspaper. Votes: 6

Sometimes fact is stranger than fiction. Votes: 4

Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction. Votes: 4

Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense. Votes: 4

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more interesting. Votes: 4

Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful. Votes: 4

Science to me is sufficiently weird and interesting, and stranger than fiction. Votes: 4

Truth is stranger than fiction, which is why reality TV is so popular. Votes: 4

Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. Votes: 4

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction. Votes: 4

Life is always going to be stranger than fiction, because fiction has to be convincing, and life doesn't. Votes: 4

The adage that fact is stranger than fiction seems to be especially true for the workings of the brain. Votes: 4

Many people have observed that truth is stranger than fiction. This has led some intellectuals to conclude that it's stranger than non-fiction as well. Votes: 4

Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't. Votes: 4

Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange; Stranger than fiction: if it could be told, How much would novels gain by the exchange! How differently the world would men behold! Votes: 4

Truth is not only stranger than fiction, it is more telling. To know that a thing actually happened gives it a poignancy, touches a chord, which a piece of acknowledged fiction misses. It is to touch this chord that some authors have done everything they could to give you the impression that they are telling the plain truth. Votes: 4

Life, my dear Watson, is infinitely stranger than fiction; stranger than anything which the mind of man could invent. We could not conceive the things that are merely commonplace to existence. If we could hover over this great city, remove the roofs, and peep in at the things going on, it would make all fiction, with its conventionalities and foreseen conclusions flat, stale and unprofitable. Votes: 4

In some ways truth is stranger than fiction. Votes: 3

For truth is always strange; stranger than fiction. Votes: 3

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer. Votes: 3

The reason truth is stranger than fiction is that truth has a better author Votes: 3

Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got as used to it. Votes: 3

Those who say truth is stranger than fiction have wasted their time on poorly written fiction. Votes: 3

Truth, of course, must of necessity be stranger than fiction, for we have made fiction to suit ourselves. Votes: 3

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction; for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it. Votes: 3

Truth is only stranger than fiction if you're a stranger to the truth. Which means you're either a liar or you're fictional. Votes: 3

Truth is stranger than fiction because lies are much more convincing but the truth always comes out no matter how long it takes. Votes: 3

Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down. Votes: 3

The times are so peculiar now, so mediaeval so unreasonable that for the first time in a hundred years truth is really stranger than fiction. Any truth. Votes: 3

As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and fantasies that radiate outward from the actual event. Votes: 3

The reason that truth is stranger than fiction is that fiction has to have a rational thread running through it in order to be believable, whereas reality may be totally irrational. Votes: 3

Fargo' becomes a metaphor for a type of true crime case where truth is stranger than fiction. So, there's no reason that there isn't another 10-hour true crime story that could be told in this region. Votes: 3

It's hard to find really original, compelling works of fiction, for women especially. I find that these true life stories about these women that I'm so blessed to play are some of the most compelling stories, and the truth is stranger than fiction. Votes: 3

You need to understand that truth is stranger than fiction. Listen: people are willing to swallow any old tripe as long as you say it without flinching. They want to be told stuff. And they don't want to doubt you either. It's too hard. Votes: 3

When it [truth] emerges it often bears out the saying that 'truth is stranger than fiction.' A novelist has to appear plausible, and would hesitate to make use of such astounding contradictions as occur in history through some extraordinary accident or twist of psychology . Votes: 3

Physics is often stranger than science fiction, and I think science fiction takes its cues from physics: higher dimensions, wormholes, the warping of space and time, stuff like that. Votes: 2

On 'Stranger Than Fiction,' the script was so good that I stuck to every line because it was just such brilliant writing from Zach Helm that I felt like I really just want to shoot the page. Votes: 2

The truth was stranger than the official fiction. Votes: 0

There's nothing I love more than a great truth-is-stranger-than-fiction story. Votes: 0

Real science can be far stranger than science fiction and much more satisfying. Votes: 0

Tis strange,-but true; for truth is always strange;Stranger than fiction: if it could be told,How much would novels gain by the exchange!How differently the world would men behold! Votes: 0