“Be very, very careful not to let the facts get mixed up with the truth.”

“One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.”

“You can't let facts get in the way of the truth.”

“Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out.”

“And sometimes when you're very mixed-up inside, you do things you know you shouldn't do.”

“Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous.”

“You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.”

“There is a rule for fantasy writers: The more truth you mix in with a lie, the stronger it gets.”

“Somewhere we taught ourselves that our opinions are more significant than the facts. And somehow we get our egos and our opinions and Truth all mixed up in a single package, so that when something does challenge one of the notions to which we subscribe, we react as if it challenges us.”

“I sometimes think I wouldn't like to give up business entirely. The care and worriment attending large business interests are very great, but besides that fact the manner in which motives are impugned and characters assailed is most unpleasant”