“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”
Source: The Kings and Queens of Roam
Daniel Wallace is an American author, best known for his 1998 novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythic Proportions, the basis for the Tim Burton film Big Fish and the Broadway musical of the same name. His other books include Ray in Reverse and The Watermelon King. His stories have also been published in a number of anthologies and magazines, including The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
“A storyteller makes up things to help other people; a liar makes up things to help himself.”
Source: The Kings and Queens of Roam
“When a man's stories are remembered, then he is immortal.”
Variant: Remembering a man's stories makes him immortal.
Source: Big Fish