The best of fiction, as we know, of course, doesn't tell the truth; it tales the truth.

The extent of creativity to which I admire in an individual is his ability to be richly creative while still, in a way, telling the truth. It is the fool who creates only his own lies, and the bore who simply repeats what he is told.

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.

That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.

Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

A good novel, one which entices the author as much as it beckons the reader.