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

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

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”

“He would write it for the reason he felt that all great literature, fiction and nonfiction, was written: truth comes out, in the end it always comes out. He would write it because he felt he had to.”

“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.”

“if you tell yourself the great lie of bad art-that you are in charge-your chance at the truth will be lost. The truth isn't always pretty.”