“I've always believed the lies we use to make our fictions reveal the truth with far more honesty than any history or herstory or life story.” StoriesUseLyingFictionHonestyAlways BelieveLife Story Author:Charles de Lint
“For me, any fiction of nobles and swords necessarily has to be a story of corruption, injustice and savagely violent conflict - because any other treatment is going to have all the heft and realistic honesty of a bedtime fairy tale for five year olds.” YearsStoriesFictionFiveHonestyConflictInjusticeCorruptionViolentTalesFairyFive YearsTreatmentRealisticFairy TaleBedtimeFive Year Olds Author:Richard K. Morgan
“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.” MayReasonRealityTruthRunningLyingOrderReadingAbilityFictionHonestyTruth IsAngerStrangerRationalThreadIrrationalBelievableStranger Than Fiction Book:Clearing the ground Source: Clearing the ground