August 4, 2009
"'The value of every story depends on its being true. A story is a picture either of an individual or of human nature in general: if it be false, it is a picture of nothing. For instance: suppose a man should tell that Johnson, before setting out for Italy, as he had to cross the Alps, sat down to make himself wings. This many people would believe; but it would be a picture of nothing."
Posted by Vanderleun at August 4, 2009 10:50 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.