Wednesday, November 28, 2007

More on lying

I think the difference between a lie and a story is that a story utilizes the trappings and appearance of truth for the interest of the listener as well as of the teller. A story has in it neither gain nor loss. But a lie is a device for profit or escape. I suppose if that definition is strictly held to, then a writer of stories is a liar––if he is financially fortunate.

-John Steinbeck, East of Eden

2 comments:

micemilk said...
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micemilk said...

amen.