What does the novel do? It tells beautiful, shapely lies which enclose hard, exact truths.
Julian BarnesWhen they have discovered truth in nature they fling it into a book, where it is even worse hands.
Georg Christoph LichtenbergMaybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
John SteinbeckThere is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.
Diane Duane