David Thewlis Quotes

Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.

Never question the relevance of truth, but always question the truth of relevance.

Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we're used to.

In nonfiction, you have that limitation, that constraint, of telling the truth.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.

First and foremost, you want to be truthful as a storyteller.

There's truth and then there's fiction - I think truth does exist and you can present it.

When you are working on a real story it is your responsibility to get everything right and stay as true and authentic as possible.

Fact and fiction are different truths.

All I would ask you to be thinking of is the truth and not Socrates.

The truth, finally, is who can tell it.

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

Obviously, I like to write stories that are page-turners. But I always try my very, very hardest to be as factually true as possible.

The best stories come out of the truth.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

I do not make stories up, full stop.

Fact-checking doesn't exist primarily because some of us are liars and cheats. It exists because writers will be writers, much as they may mean to be historians.

I like documentaries because there's nothing to nitpick or criticize about scenes if they aren't just right. It's about honesty and real-life circumstances coming out. Granted it can be swayed by how people tell that story, but overall, I like it because it is true.

What a word is truth. Slippery, tricky, unreliable. I tried in these books to tell the truth.

Falsehood has an infinity of combinations, but truth has only one mode of being.

Nonfiction means that our stories are as true and accurate as possible. Readers expect - demand - diligence.

You can tell so many facts that you never get to the truth

I make it all up, and all of it is true.