“There is some fiction, in all fact; and some fact, in all fiction.”
“This book is fiction, but there is always a chance that such a work of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.”
“If the reader prefers, this book may be regarded as fiction. But there is always the chance that such a book of fiction may throw some light on what has been written as fact.”
“I love fiction that sound like fact… and fact that sounds like fiction.”
“Fiction must stick to facts, and the truer the facts the better the fiction — so we are told.”