Age Quote by Marie Rutkoski

Novel-writing is a bit like deception. You lie as little as you possibly can. That's the way I do it, anyway.

— Joseph O'Neill

I wanted to write honest books for kids because I didn't have those when I was a kid.

— Judy Blume

As a child I was an inveterate liar. As opposed to now, I am a Novelist.

— John Green

My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there…

— Anton Chekhov

All stories are lies. But good stories are lies made from light and fire. And they lift our hearts out of the dust, and…

— Mike Carey

I think I had a particular moment when I was 15 years old. I read 'Crime and Punishment,' and that book just, I think,…

— Ron Rash

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

— Khaled Hosseini

All stories are lies, but good stories are lies made of light and fire. They lift our hearts out of the dust and out…

— Mike Carey

The books that I wrote in my late teens and 20s, the little love stories, they were right from the heart.

— Ruskin Bond

I think with my book, I wanted to first of all just be completely involved in it. I wanted to write it; I didn't…

— Vogue Williams

I love the book legacy of lies it amazing and is fun to read over and over again

— Elizabeth Chandler

Fiction writing is a strange business when you think about it. You sit down and weave a network of lies to explore deeper truths.

— Wally Lamb