Splendidly mendacious. [Lat., Splendide mendax.]
What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?
People who write fiction, if they had not taken it up, might have become very successful liars.
As a writer of fiction, lying is the central thing to all books.
Across all of the universe of creative lying, whether you believe in the art of it or the entertainment of it, or both, a certain foundation in the basics allows you to kind of jump out into the unknown.
But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure invention is but the talent of a liar.
I used to make up stuff in my bio all the time, that I used to be a professional ice-skater and stuff like that. I found it so inspirational. Why not make myself cooler than I am?
In first grade, I told my friends I had a third story in my house filled with jewels and lions.
As a child I was a great liar. Fortunately my mother liked my lies. I promised her marvelous things.
