Being there Quote by Laura Riding

The existence of the writer is to write, and to write is to tell the truth.

— Azar Nafisi

There's always an element of truth to what I write because that's why I write.

— Lzzy Hale

There can be no literary equivalent to truth.

— Laura Riding

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful…

— Edmund White

Ive always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful…

— Edmund White

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

— Tim O'Brien

The truth about being a writer is you do not choose the stories you tell, but stories choose you. You do not choose, therefore,…

— Rosa Montero

We writers – and especially writers for children, but all writers – have an obligation to our readers: it's the obligation to write true…

— Neil Gaiman

The thing to remember when you're writing," he said, " is, it's not whether or not what you put on paper is true. It's…

— Charles de Lint

I write fiction, there's no guarantee that what I say is truthful.

— Steve Toltz

If the Story is not accurate to reality, it's not any kind of truth at all. So it can never be 'my truth' or…

— Greg Koukl

I wouldn't be a writer if I couldn't tell the truth.

— Jenny Mollen