I don't think you can tell the objective truth about a person. That's why people write novels.
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A writer's job is to tell the truth.
Well, to be honest I think I tell less truth when I write journalism than when I write fiction.
For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.
The kind of fiction I'm trying to write is about telling the truth.
This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.
With writing fiction, I'm either not courageous enough or just not suited for telling truths in a more conventional way. As an actor, I inhabit those characters as I'm writing them.
I said that I'm only there to write the truth, I'm not going to cover anything up, but I'll put everything in context and get as close to the truth of this person as I can.
If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.
Even though writing articles relies completely on truth, you still must tell an interesting story. You can't worry about people knowing who you are and whether or not they want to read your stories.
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.