Ken Liu Quotes

And I really have done everything that I said I did do. The rest is just a story that somebody else made up.

Better to have bad news that's true than good news we made up

Truth, also is the pursuit of it.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

I do not make stories up, full stop.

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.

Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be equally outraged by silence.

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Truth cannot be defeated.

I cannot comprehend how any man can want anything but the truth.

I often wonder which is best, to be honest about what you know in this world, or to continue to deny you know it and thereby fool yourself into believing that it does not exist!

What is truth? What is a true story? Who is telling the truth, and what is truth in this world today?

Occasionally, Donald Trump says something that is politically incorrect but which also happens to be true.

The biggest thing I worry about is the unsubstantiated story. You have to tell the people what you know -- and acknowledge what you don't know.

You can tell a true war story by the questions you ask. Somebody tells a story, let's say, and afterward you ask, 'Is it true?' and if the answer matters, you've got your answer . . . Absolute occurrence is irrelevant. A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth.

Everything must have in it a sharp seasoning of truth.

That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not guessing, not making any assumptions. Just coming at it with knowledge.

You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion.

Truth is not so threadbare as speech, because fewer people can make use of it.

Bitter though it may be to many, Cadfael concluded, there is no substitute for truth, in this or any case.

All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates.