Art Quote by Gertrude Atherton

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

— Stephen Sondheim

When I examine the conclusion [on experiments with the electric light bulb experiments published in the Herald] which everyone acquainted with the subject will…

— Henry Morton Stanley

Writing is not lying, nor is it theft. It is a journey and search for transparency between one’s words and one’s soul.

— Richard Flanagan

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

— John le Carre

You don't have to be a criminal to write about fraud!

— Ravi Subramanian

I didn't want to write another book about fraudulence.

— Ben Lerner

“A writer who has perfect writing skills and zero honesty is not an author but a sales person.”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

It is true that novelists are shameless and obey no decent law, and they are not to be trusted on any account, but some…

— Catherynne M. Valente

“We have learnt a lesson: words written in books, all of them, are lies. There are no exceptions. Words written on papers are all…

— NisiOisiN

I refuse to be misled by any kind of a mirage about any alleged success of what I write. Those things are too easily…

— Thomas Merton

What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely…

— Muriel Barbery

“Writers are either bullfighters, who risk all for art... or bullshitters, who make fake passes in an empty ring. To be a writer, one…

— Anonymous