Books Quote by James Ticknor

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison

“The best fiction writers are the most believable liars...”

— Bea Cannon

“Never trust anything a fiction writer says about himself.”

— Stephen King

“A fiction writer weaves a fabric of lies in hopes of revealing deeper human truths.”

— Wally Lamb

“The best liars write the best fiction.”

— Robert M. Roberts

“He's a liar for a living, all authors are.”

— Karina Halle

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

— Carl Henegan

“Like all good works of fiction, it lies like the truth.”

— Robert Crossley

“Fiction is a lie that tells us true things, over and over.”

— Neil Gaiman

“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

“Fictional stories were written so that they seemed real, kind of like a well-executed lie. Fiction creates an unreal world that's better than the…

— Hiroshi Ishizaki

“Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.”

— T.R. Wallace