John Gay Quotes

A fact never went into partnership with a miracle. Truth scorns the assistance of wonders. A fact will fit every other fact in the universe, and that is how you can tell whether it is or is not a fact. A lie will not fit anything except another lie.

Everything I say is true.

Everything that I can do to ground the story in reality helps make it harder for people to be dismissive of it.

I believe in research you cannot do enough research; believability comes out of what's real.

As a main ingredient to the show, it has to have truth, represent truth, or else it won't last.

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

It's a good question, because to be believable is the only way that you could be successful.

I do not make stories up, full stop.

Truth is what works.

I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real.

Clearness is so often one of the characteristics of truth that often it even passes for truth itself.

The measure of our [the Voice of America] success will be the degree to which we are believed.

Truth: An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance …

Is this true or only clever?

VERISIMILITUDE (the appearance or semblance of truth)

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

People know accuracy when they read it; they can feel it.

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

I prefer the honest jargon of reality to the outright lies of books.

Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we're used to.

Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.