Quote by Shelagh Delaney

“She tells so many different stories and they are all false.”

— Iris Murdoch

“I lied. I lied. I lied. I lied deliberately, knowingly, well. She lied. She is a liar. She is an intellectual too! She is…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Distinguish clearly truth from lies and fact from fiction.”

— Steven Redhead

“I do really believe that, like so many liars, there is a real substratum of truth behind her lies.”

— Agatha Christie

“Fiction is as easy as telling a convincing lie. The more believable the better the story.”

— T.R. Wallace

“If she had not found this outlet in writing, she might have grown up to be a tremendous liar.”

— Betty Smith

“The truth Fear tells is not much better than her lies.”

— George MacDonald

“Fiction here is likely to contain more truth than fact.”

— Virginia Woolf

“The woman whose behavior indicates that she will make a scene if she is told the truth asks to be deceived.”

— Elizabeth Jenkins

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison

“Truth in her dress finds facts too tight. In fiction she moves with ease.”

— Anonymous

“Fiction is the lie that illuminates a greater truth.”

— Kevin Fox