It is much harder to lie to someone's face.
But.
It is also much harder to tell the truth to someone's face.

You know there's no such thing as a complete lie. There's always some truth in there.

It’s as simple as that. Simple and complicated, as most true things are.

He was attractive. I knew that. And I knew that attractive people always got away with things.

Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

There are no secrets.' The thing smiled, showing a row of even, childlike teeth. 'None worth keeping. Only the ones you hide from yourself, which are the most damaging and hurtful of all. Truth is truth, and lie is lie. Tell yourself one's the other and all the world turns kilter.