I seem to be drawn to things that actually happen.
Of course history is easily manipulated - though that makes it even more important for us to know what actually happened.
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
The Highlander was a documentary, and events happened in real time.
It is a true story, the monster said. Many things that are true feel like a cheat.
Over the years, I have come to realize that no matter how satisfying fiction is, it becomes that much better when it actually happened.
Fact is stranger than fiction.
Rhetoric is no substitute for reality.
Take it, and turn to facts my fantasies.
As the saying goes, truth is stranger than fiction. But only when the reality has not been subsumed by foamy legends and fantasies that radiate outward from the actual event.
Granny Weatherwax was firmly against fiction. Life was hard enough without lies floating around and changing the way people thought.
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any attention at all.
In some ways truth is stranger than fiction.
Who has time to make up stories when the truth is so much more interesting?
