Creation Quote by Anais Nin

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

— Ricky Jay

There is a beauty in nature and culture that we no longer have access to. Those things you can't forget, you embroider... The further…

— W. G. Sebald

I can't write a lie; the world of imagination is no good. I objectively capture my own experiences and those of my friends. I…

— Ayumi Hamasaki

I am a bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars.

— Audre Lorde

Through language, we can tell the truth and hear the truth spoken, just as we can be deceived. Sometimes it's a painful realization: we…

— Michael Cadnum

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

— John Ruskin

Truth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising directness of matters in regard…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Sometimes you have to lie. One often has to distort a thing to catch its true spirit.

— Robert J. Flaherty

I'll tell you all my secrets but I lie about my past…

— Tom Waits

Before I write down one word, I have to have the character in my mind through and through. I must penetrate into the last…

— Henrik Ibsen

When you deliberately distort and selectively present the truth, you lie.

— Charlie Kirk