Any lie should be as close to the truth as possible.
Either something is authentic or it is unauthentic, it is either false or true, make-believe or spontaneous life; yet here we are faced with a prevaricated truth and an authentic fake, hence a thing that is at once the truth and a lie.
A novel which persuades us of its truth is true however full of lies it may be
It is only about things which concern us most profoundly that we lie clearly and with profound conviction.
An honest lie is better than a boring truth.
The closer to the truth, the better the lie, and the truth itself, when it can be used, is the best lie.
The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
