---
title: "1 Lies People Quotes By Jean Hanff Korelitz"
description: "1 Lies People quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Plus more from Jean Hanff Korelitz and more Lies People sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg"
---

> [Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-with-lies-and-the-people-who/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg)

## More by Jean Hanff Korelitz

> [Most of all, I am struck by an irony central to the lot of a purebred dog: As it attains the hallmarks of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/most-of-all-i-am-struck-by-an-irony-central-to-the-lot-of-a-purebred/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [I'm not in a position to tell anyone anything about how to live his or her life, but I think it's worth noting that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/i-m-not-in-a-position-to-tell-anyone-anything-about-how-to-live-his/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [Back in the 1980s, when I was a lowly editorial assistant by day and trying to be a novelist by night, no god reigned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/back-in-the-1980s-when-i-was-a-lowly-editorial-assistant-by-day-and/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [The implication of AKC registration is that a dog who has it is better than a dog who hasn't.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/the-implication-of-akc-registration-is-that-a-dog-who-has-it-is/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [The Thames could be thought of as England's longest archaeological site, and no fewer than 90,000 objects recovered from its foreshore are in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/the-thames-could-be-thought-of-as-england-s-longest-archaeological/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [My first three novels were all the subjects of intensely exciting flurries of calls from producers and even stars' production companies, and once someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/my-first-three-novels-were-all-the-subjects-of-intensely-exciting/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [To me, respect for human life begins with making it more difficult to obtain an inanimate object that is designed to snuff it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/to-me-respect-for-human-life-begins-with-making-it-more-difficult-to/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [“If a woman chose the wrong person, he was always going to be the wrong person: that was all. The most capable therapist in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/if-a-woman-chose-the-wrong-person-he-was-always-going-to-be-the-wrong/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [My dog is vicious to the uninvited guest, lavishly affectionate to the invited one, and so freakishly acute that he has mastered the English…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/my-dog-is-vicious-to-the-uninvited-guest-lavishly-affectionate-to-the/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [“All ghost stories come to this, she understood. All ghost stories end in one of two ways: You are dead or I am dead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/all-ghost-stories-come-to-this-she-understood-all-ghost-stories-end/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [“I know it’s supposed to take a village to raise our children, but why does ours have so many village idiots?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/i-know-it-s-supposed-to-take-a-village-to-raise-our-children-but-why/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [A successful birth is not a birth without drugs or monitors or surgery. A successful birth is when you're alive and the baby's alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/a-successful-birth-is-not-a-birth-without-drugs-or-monitors-or/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [“There is a sound to waiting. It sounds like held breath pounding its fists against the walls of the lung, damp and muffled beats.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/there-is-a-sound-to-waiting-it-sounds-like-held-breath-pounding-its/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [People need a narrative, and if there isn't one on offer, they make one up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/people-need-a-narrative-and-if-there-isn-t-one-on-offer-they-make-one/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

> [“All these years, her sole objective had been to keep still and hope no one would ever know. She had been a mistress of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/all-these-years-her-sole-objective-had-been-to-keep-still-and-hope-no/)

[Jean Hanff Korelitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-hanff-korelitz/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Lies People Quotes By Jean Hanff Korelitz",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jean Hanff Korelitz"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-hanff-korelitz/like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-with-lies-and-the-people-who/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never…” — Jean Hanff Korelitz",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/",
            "name": "Lies People Quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd1/jean-hanff-korelitz-16719_about_like-many-people-i-have-a-fascination-wi_1363429.jpg"
            },
            "description": "1 Lies People quotes by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Plus more from Jean Hanff Korelitz and more Lies People sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Lies People",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Jean Hanff Korelitz",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lies-people/jean-hanff-korelitz/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```