I shall try to tell the truth, but the result will be fiction.

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

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

It requires as much caution to tell the truth as to conceal it.

If truth is not acceptable, it becomes the imagination of others.

Those who seek the truth run the risk of finding it.

Beware of the truth, gentle Sister. Although much sought after, truth can be dangerous to the seeker. Myths and reassuring lies are much easier to find and believe. If you find a truth, even a temporary one, it can demand that you make painful changes. Conceal your truths within words. Natural ambiguity will protect you then.

you can tell the deepest truths with the lies of fiction

If it were not for the truth of fiction there would not be any truth at all.

Truth is a matter of the imagination.

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

But please remember: this is only a work of fiction. The truth, as always, will be far stranger.

there simply is no way to describe the past without lying. Our memories are not like fiction. They are fiction.

"Truth is a well-known pathological liar. It invariably turns out to be Fiction wearing a fancy frock. Self-proclaimed Fiction, on the other hand, is entirely honest. You can tell this, because it comes right out and says, "I'm a Liar," right there on the dust jacket."