“Lie through your teeth and call it a novel. All will be well.”

“You can lie through your teeth, but your teeth don't lie”

“Is Understatement 101 a course in medical school?""Of course. It's the prereq for Lying Through One's Teeth.”

“We are well," Hugh said, looking me over with more intensity than seemed proper. "And you?""I'm well, thank you," I said, lying through my teeth. I'd been better the day I took to my bed with measles.”

“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”

“A good novel is one that shows the complexity of individuals, and creates enough space for all these characters to have a voice; in this way a novel is called democratic - not that it advocates democracy but that by nature it is so. Empathy lies at the heart of Gatsby, like so many other great novels - the biggest sin is to be blind to others' problems and pains. Not seeing them means denying their existence.”