“Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor.”

“Truth must of necessity be stranger than fiction … for fiction is the creation of the human mind, and therefore is congenial to it.”

“Tis strange - but true; for Truth is always strange,
Stranger than Fiction”

“Truth is stranger than fiction — to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.”

“Truth may be stranger than fiction, goes the old saw, but it is never as strange as lies.”

“Truth would quickly cease to be stranger than fiction, once we got used to it.”

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

“The history of most fictions would be far stranger than the fictions themselves; but it would be a dark and sad chronicle.”

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

“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!”