“When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.”
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902–1991) Polish-born Jewish-American author
TIME (18 July 1983)
“I don't mind being called a liar. I am. I am a marvelous liar. But I hate being called a liar when I´m telling the perfect truth.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, book The Wise Man's Fear
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