“Fiction is a lie. And GOOD fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

“Kids, fiction is the truth inside the lie, and the truth of this fiction is simple enough: the magic exists.”

“Flip-flop, hippety-hop, offa your rocker and over the top, life's a fiction and the world's a lie, so put on some Creedence and let's get high.”

“Writing fiction for money is a mug's game.”

“Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction can be difficult, lonely job; it’s like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There’s plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.”

“Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.”