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“Advertising is legitimised lying.”

— H.G. Wells

“And I’m not going to lie, a little bit of me wanted to believe what I saw in advertising and in holiday movies.”

— Katherine Garbera

“If a man is a fool, the best thing is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.”

— Woodrow Wilson

“[the only acting advice he would give] What is acting but lying and what is good lying but convincing lying?”

— Laurence Olivier

“Lie really could be construed as the art of illusion by some people.”

— Heather Graham

“...isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of…

— David Riesman

“What is a lie? It’s a distortion of reality, presented as reality.”

— James Patterson

“[I]t is things that make us happy when conversation begins to reveal itself as a paltry substitute.”

— Rick Moody

“There are many sorts of lies. You could fill a shop with them. To be sure, lies are terribly common.”

— Catherynne M. Valente

“It's a lie that matches his desire.”

— Naomi Novik

“It is a lie.”

— Arthur Miller

“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.”

— Carl Henegan