“It is possible to know the great truths without feeling the truth of them.”

“Without the absolute truth, to know the truth value of our own existence is beyond our strengths/limits/possibilities. ”

“Yes, I know, it's not the truth, but in a great history little truths can be altered so that the greater truth emerges.”

“The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship”

“Art has two great functions. First, it provides an emotional experience. And then, if we have the courage of our own feelings, it becomes a mine of practical truth. We have had the feelings ad nauseam. But we've never dared dig the actual truth out of them, the truth that concerns us, whether it concerns our grandchildren or not.”

“I don't know anything that mars a good literature so completely as too much truth. Facts contain a great deal of poetry, but you can't use too many of them without damaging your literature.”