Writing has significantly improved my ability to lie.

I personally don’t have the ability to lie about my life, for better or for worse.

— Rufus Wainwright

Probably nature itself gave man the ability to lie so that in difficult and tense moments he could protect his nest, just as do…

— Anton Chekhov

“Imagination shows an ability to lie, to pretend the world is different than it is.”

— Gemma Malley

“My health significantly improved by taking alpha lipoic acid.”

— Steven Magee

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent another attack.

— Timothy Murphy

Since September 11, the U.S. has significantly improved its security to prevent anothe

— Timothy Murphy

Interestingly, the American Embassy mentioned that our efficient relief effort has significantly improved the image of the United States among the Pakistani people.

— Jon Porter

The love religion is all that is written here.

— Rumi

Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who…

— Andrew Lang

If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.'

— Lydia Lunch

Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much…

— Steven Pinker

Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat…

— Simon Schama

I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,…

— John Flansburgh

I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African…

— Jesmyn Ward

When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad…

— Jesse Owens