Did Mark Twain say “Truth is stranger than fiction”?
SAPIR 861 · QUOTE CHECK
Did Mark Twain say “Truth is stranger than fiction”?
Found word for word. Yes. The text appears in works attributed to Mark Twain. Source and location below.
Truth is stranger than fiction--to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it. --Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar.
Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World — Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens), CHAPTER XV. · ¶532 · Public domain (US), Project Gutenberg #2895 · source
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (WLC), CC BY 4.0