"Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite."

Truth, Fact, Reality, Will

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"Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite."

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"To attempt seeing Truth without knowing Falsehood. It is the attempt to see the Light without knowing the Darkness. It cannot be."

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"My truth could be very different than your truth."

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"Truth is not for sale. The man who sells truths that could help and guide humanity will never have peace of mind. Share truths freely, and you will always be revealed more."

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"All truth is simple... is that not doubly a lie?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite."

Truth, Fact, Reality, Will

"American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties."

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"I'm not suggesting that the play is without fault; all of my plays are imperfect, I'm rather happy to say-it leaves me something to do."

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"Sometimes it's necessary to go a long distance out of the way in order to come back a short distance correctly."

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"I swear, if you existed I'd divorce you."

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"A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth."

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"You gotta have swine to show you where the truffles are."

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