Books Quote by Anthony Trollope

It's barrister behaviour to say what you think will appeal to the person you're talking to, whoever it happens to be, whether it's true…

— John Mortimer

It is an author's most solemn obligation to honor truth. If the free and independent writer does not speak truth to power, who will?

— Edward Abbey

Truth, but not the whole truth, must be the invariable principle of every man who hath either religion, honour, or prudence. Thosewho violate it,…

— Lord Chesterfield

“An author owes a duty to the truth.”

— Walter Moers

“In a court of law,' he said at last 'a witness takes his oath to speak the truth: his own truth, that is. He…

— Eleanor Catton

“If a thing is absolutely true, how can it not also be a lie? An absolute must contain its opposite. ”

— Charlotte Painter

a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)

— Gore Vidal

“Resolve to be honest at all events; and if in your own judgment you cannot be an honest lawyer, resolve to be honest without…

— Abraham Lincoln

Novels must have verisimilitude, and truth has little enough of that.

— Louis Auchincloss

Every truth must be accompanied by some corresponding act.

— George MacDonald

The novelist must be his own most harsh critic and also his own most loving admirer and about both he must say nothing.

— Angus Wilson

“But it is a writer's duty to write and speak and record the truth, always the truth, no matter whom may be offended.”

— Edward Abbey