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

“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 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.”

“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!”

“The reason that fiction is more interesting than any other form of literature, to those who really like to study people, is that in fiction the author can really tell the truth without humiliating himself.”