“We who make stories know that we tell lies for a living. But they are good lies that say true things.”

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”

“Some of these things are true and some of them lies. But they are all good stories.”

“True strength lies in our knowing, individually, what we are, who we are, and what we want.”

“Lies are just stories, and stories are all that matter. We all tell stories. Some are more truthful than others, maybe, but in the end the only thing that counts is what you can make people believe.”

“The fact is that we have no way of knowing if the person who we think we are is at the core of our being. Are you a decent girl with the potential to someday become an evil monster, or are you an evil monster that thinks it's a decent girl?""Wouldn't I know which one I was?""Good God, no. The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.”