For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
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Writing a novel is easier than writing a memoir; you are not constrained by the truth.
In order to deliver the emotional truth in the story, you have to include some of the literal truth.
I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir.
I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
Truth is much stranger than fiction and, often, much more powerful.
A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth.
I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.
I have always felt that the truth is prophetic, and that if you describe precisely what you see and give it life with your imagination, then what you write ought to have lasting value, no matter what the mood of your prose.
The core of my writing is not art but truth.
A writer's job is to tell the truth.