Mark Frost Quotes

If you're reading IMDB, half of it's made up. You can't trust it or Wikipedia, which is just lies, lies!

You can never trust what you read.

I think it's time for the people and the press, in particular, to be more vigilant about not giving equal weight to lies as they give the truth.

Before speaking without knowledge, saying lies, you have to present evidence.

It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

People think that if they read something in the newspaper or see it on TV, it has to be true.

Kids are smart: don't underestimate their bull detector. Contemporary kids have access to a lot of information, so don't even try to fool them. I have never been more nervous about my research than when writing for young adults because they pick up every single error.

Just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.

I was taught that newspapers were supposed to find out if rumors were true, and if not, not print them.

Be it true or false, so it be news.

Certainly today we are incredibly tolerant of untruth.

Lies are beginning to be solidified and made into historical fact…. The truth is all I want for history.

I have learned that it is just as well to avoid even the appearance of something which you prefer not to have published as a fact! So many things are published as facts in any case which have no foundation in them whatsoever, that I don't suppose it really matters! For fair minded people usually wait until they verify a statement before they believe it, and those who believe it without verification are the ones who want to believe it!

People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth.

Every fact in my films is true. And yet how often do I have to read over and over again about supposed falsehoods?

Clearly, you can't believe everything you read in the press.

When people talk about fake news, you know, a lot of folks just roll their eyes, like 'Oh, you know, whatever; people will figure it out.' The truth is, they don't always figure it out.

It gets embarrassing to say something untrue because you put it online and everyone knows about it, so it's better to tell the truth.

It can be difficult navigating the line between tabloid gossip and authenticity.

In my career, I do not stop for news when it's not true.

Careful authors and journalists cultivate relationships with a wide variety of sources so as to avoid bad information or being led down an inaccurate path. Gossip columnists don't particularly care if the path is inaccurate, so long as it gets attention and results in more fuel for the fire.

Just because someone says something, whether it's at the podium during the briefing or the president tweets, I can't always assume that's factual. That's insane. We have to be very quick on our toes in fact checking.

You check off stories to make sure if they're true or if they're right.

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.