All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
One of the questions writers bump up against in their work, whether they know it or not, is about lying. Because fiction is a form of deceit, and one's abilities are measured by how convincingly one can persuade readers that these events really happened.
I think novels are profoundly autobiographical. If writers deny that, they are lying. Or if it's really true, then I think it's a mistake.
Writers are completely out of touch with reality. Writers are a crazy person. We create conflict - for a living. We do this all the time, sometimes on a weekly basis; we create horrible, incredible circumstances and then figure a way out of them. That's what we do.
Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.
I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.
Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.
The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.
Surely the job of fiction is to actually tell the truth. It's a paradox that's at the heart of any kind of storytelling.
Contrary to all those times you've heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth.
Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.