“I do not tell lies. Mother used to say that this was because I was a good person. But it is not because I am a good person. It is because I do not tell lie.”

““Why do you tell me this?”
“Perhaps because I am a cat and it amuses me to be arbitrary and do you a good turn.””

“You can't believe because she tells you to," I said
"No. The question is: how to be a good person if I don't believe anymore.”

“I am apt to hire musicians sometimes because I know they will have some good jokes to tell.”

“don't say it. don't tell me that nobody's going to stare at me, because they will. don't tell me it doesn't matter, because it does. and don't tell me i look fine because that's a lie.”

“Artists use lies to tell the truth. Yes, I created a lie. But because you believed it, you found something true about yourself.”

“The books I write because I want to read them, the games because I want to play them, and stories I tell because I find them exciting personally.”

“A person with no children says, "Well I just love children," and you say "Why?" and they say, "Because a child is so truthful, that's what I love about 'em — they tell the truth." That's a lie, I've got five of 'em. The only time they tell the truth is if they're having pain.”

“I'll do it because I want to but not because you tell me to!”

“She would like to hear that now, even if it was a lie. Because some lies are beautiful. Stories do not tell you that.”