Telling the truth Quote by Lennox Morrison

“A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way. It's a lie if you make something up. But you…

— Anne Lamott

“I'm a novelist. Anything you say can be taken down and used against you in a work of fiction.”

— Anne R. Allen

“I'm a fiction writer not by choice, but by necessity. It's the only way I can say what I want without having to admit…

— Jack Tate

“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.”

— Anthony Marais

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

— Gore Vidal

“There are always struggles in writing. Anyone who denies this is either lying to themselves or you. Or they’re not faithful to their audience.”

— Phoenix Elvis Nicholson

“The truth was much simpler. When do you become a writer? “When you say you are,” he said. I”

— Jeff Goins

“A writer of stories is a liar.”

— John Steinbeck

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

— Carl Henegan

“Do you know what a journalist is? Someone who hasn't written a novel yet.”

— Lavie Tidhar

“That's what we do: tell made-up stories to fend off the night, to put off telling the truth.”

— Bernie Mcgill

“You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.”

— Thomas Harris