Convinced Quote by Primo Levi

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

— John Metcalf

There is no such thing as a good writer and a bad liar.

— Amy Bloom

Anyone who claims to be good at lying is obviously bad at lying. Thus - as a writer myself - I cannot comment on…

— Chuck Klosterman

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

— Gore Vidal

When the material written is very good then half of your work is done by the writer itself. When there's a well-defined character written,…

— Jaideep Ahlawat

“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

Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.

— Daniel Keys Moran

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not,…

— Edward Albee

All good writers speak in honest voices and tell the truth.

— Eudora Welty

I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty.

— Raymond Chandler

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.

— Gail Caldwell

Lies are just another kind of storytelling, but with the very distinct and enlivening motive of desperation. Since writers are by nature desperate creatures,…

— John Hodgman