Truth Quote by Leslie Fiedler

A writer's job is to tell the truth.

— Andy Rooney

The writer's job is to tell the truth,

— Ernest Hemingway

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

— Gore Vidal

Your first obligation as a writer is to tell the truth and to tell a good story.

— Lena Waithe

Good writing is about telling the truth.

— Anne Lamott

As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.

— Taiye Selasi

As a writer, my only responsibility is to tell a compelling story.

— Jay Asher

“No one can tell your story so tell it yourself. No one can write your story so write it yourself.”

— Unsure

“In life you must write your own story, or one will be written for you.”

— A.J. Garces

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.

— Tom Bissell

My function as a writer is not story-telling but truth-telling: to make things plain.

— Laura Riding

“If you want to tell the truth, write fiction”

— Joshua Halberstam