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Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.

I've said before that the common perception that all good actors should be good liars is exactly the opposite; only bad actors lie when they act.

The best liars lie with their eyes rather than with their words. This might put writers at a disadvantage.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

Politicians are better liars than writers.

Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

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.

Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.