“Nothing factual that I write or say will be as truthful as my fiction.”
“They say 'truth is stranger than fiction,' but I like to say fiction is truth - only stranger.”
“Fiction is true. It doesn’t have to factual to be true.”
“I write what I feel, fiction with a twist of truth. I don't write because I want to, I write because I have to.”
“If you want to tell the truth, write fiction”
“I told him that the lawyers were always saying 'You can't say that you'll get sued.' He said to me, 'Write fiction Michael, you can tell the truth.' (Kirk Douglas to Michael Caine)”