Writing fiction is the act of weaving a series of lies to arrive at a greater truth.

A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written.

A good story is always more dazzling than a broken piece of truth.

Fiction is art and art is the triumph over chaos… to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering and stupendous dream.

That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth.

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.