Journey Quote by Richard Flanagan

Every writer I've ever spoken to feels fraudulent in some way or other.

— Stephen Sondheim

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

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

— Azar Nafisi

The secret of good writing is telling the truth.

— Gordon Lish

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

Writing can teach us the dignity of speaking the truth.

— Natalie Goldberg

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

— Sherwood Anderson

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

To get the truth, you want to get your own heart to pound while you write.

— Robert McKee

“A lie is an act of theft. It steals people's faith and makes them resent themselves”

— James Lee Burke

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love.

— Julia Cameron

“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