Perhaps our only sickness is to desire a truth which we cannot bear rather than to rest content with the fictions we manufacture out of each other.
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Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we're used to.
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.
Truth is more peculiar than fiction. Life is really a startling place.
I think in our time, you know, so much of the information we get is pre-polarized. Fiction has a way of reminding us that we actually are very similar in our emotions and our neurology and our desires and our fears, so I think it's a nice way to neutralize that polarization.
Why shouldn't truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense.
I just want fiction to remain a vital force for entertainment and not just for contemplation. Both things can exist.
It's no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
The exquisite truth is to believe in something that maybe you know is a fiction, but you believe in it willingly.
One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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