Every step Quote by Anne Lamott

A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.

— Anne Lamott

“As a journalist I'm asked whether I make things up. As a novelist I'm accused of telling the truth.”

— Lennox Morrison

“There's a part of a book that never lies. A writer puts his soul into a book. Every word is two sides of a…

— Sam Mills Black Out

“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.”

— Carl Henegan

“I create lies for people in order for them to find something true about themselves. I teach people that lies are doors that opens…

— Lionel Suggs

“A writer of stories is a liar.”

— John Steinbeck

“I don’t know about lying for novelists. I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is…

— Maya Angelou

“A lie is not the absence of truth, but the illusion of truth.”

— Bishop Harber

“All stories are made of both truths and lies, [...] What matters is the way that we believe in them.”

— Stephanie Garber

“Truth only has one story, while a lie has a dictionary.”

— Ryan Trinder-James

“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.”

— Anthony Marais

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.

— Tim O'Brien