“Non-fiction contains facts, fiction contains truth.”
Clive Barker (1952) author, film director and visual artist
Next Testament (Boom Studios, 2014)
“Non-fiction can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies.”
Source: A Bend in the River
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Or, for that matter, as true.
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“No one in life can ever match fiction”
Sabrina Jeffries (1960) American writer
Source: The Truth About Lord Stoneville
Herman Melville book Billy Budd, Sailor
Source: Billy Budd, the Sailor (1891), Ch. 28
Context: The symmetry of form attainable in pure fiction can not so readily be achieved in a narration essentially having less to do with fable than with fact. Truth uncompromisingly told will always have its ragged edges...