All the things I talk about are true, but some of them I may tweak a little bit. A lot of it is the way I feel about wrestling. When you have a character like mine, you can push the envelope and go far with some of the issues.
I look for the dark story, where something secret was done. I read and read and pick up the trail of a true story. I use nothing but true stories. They are so much better than phony ones.
The truth is not delicate and it does not suffer from denial—the truth only dies when true stories are untold.
Money is the driving force of Hand to Mouth, the lack of money, and all those true stories about strange things in The Red Notebook, coincidences and unlikely events, surprise, the unexpected.
Even the two novels I've written were based on true stories. It's how I'm wired - real life is fascinating and fantastical enough. The kind of journalism I did unpeeled lids from cans otherwise sealed.
So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.
But I don't read a lot of fiction. I prefer the nonfiction stuff.
True stories deal with hunger, imaginary ones with love.
I love documentaries. It's actually my favorite medium of film.
I was a big fan of the show 'Deadwood' on HBO, which was created by David Milch. And as soon as I heard that all of those characters on Deadwood were based on real people, the first thing I did was Google everybody.
My responsibility is to try to tell true stories. To me a true story is always hopeful, but never simply, uncomplicatedly happy.
I think it's really healing to see movies that are based on true stories. It builds so much more compassion and empathy.
The name of the album is 'Non-Fiction'. And, I'm calling it that because the name of every song on this album is derived from a true story. Now, some of the stories are mine. Some of the stories belong to some of my fans.
The experiences I go through... everything you hear in my lyrics is real. Good or bad, I take it all in and put it all on the mic.
There's the typical books, Moby Dick and, I guess in my adult life I began to read biographies more than fiction. I started to want to relate to other people's lives, things that had really happened.
All you can do is show people...You tell stories that are true and compelling.
I'm certainly very influenced by what you would call 'contemporary headline horror,' stuff that is true crime or for one reason or another catches our attention in the media, those strange cases that we end up obsessing about. I'm always influenced by weird anecdotes and news.
I can handle a bad story better than anybody as long as it's true and, you know, over a course of time, I'll make mistakes and you'll write badly and I'm OK with that. But I'm not OK when it is fake.
You check off stories to make sure if they're true or if they're right.
I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.
A child's own story is a dream, but a good story is a dream that is true for more than one child.
There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice.
I've consumed true crime since first discovering 'Helter Skelter' by Vincent Bugliosi in a used bookstore at age 9 or 10 and staring in fascination and horror at the crime-scene photos in the middle.
Me in a cape? I don't fancy that. Tight tights? Nah! I don't think that's right for me. I just respond more to true stories; that's my flavour.
'Police Story' had some of the best writing on television, and one reason for that is because most of the scripts were based on real cases.
