Helping Quote by Daniel Wallace

“A writer of stories is a liar.”

— John Steinbeck

A lie hides the truth. A story tries to find it.

— Paula Fox

Know the story before you fall in love with your first sentence. If you don’t know the story before you begin the story, what…

— John Irving

“This is the secret of good storytelling: to lie, but to keep the arithmetic sound. A storyteller, like any other sort of enthusiastic liar,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

A liar is a man who does now know how to deceive, a flatterer one who only deceives fools: he who knows how to…

— Luc de Clapiers

To be a storyteller is to be able to speak truth, to be able to use your imagination, to use the creative gifts that…

— Common

“A story helps folks face the world, even when it frightens 'em. And a lie does the opposite. It helps you hide.”

— Jonathan auxier

We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things, and we owe…

— Neil Gaiman

A liar is a liar and lives on the lies he tells and dies in a life of lies.

— Carl Sandburg

I feel like I'm a professional storyteller, really. A lot of people say 'a truth teller,' and, if the writing supports it, that's what…

— Billy Howle

…I go through a story for lies. I might discover the lie of trying to show off. Sometimes they’re lies of character. Sometimes they…

— Grace Paley

A story is not always a lie..Some stories are truer than truth.

— Jhiess Krieg