Like all fiction, my lies are just my efforts to be truer than the truth.

Johnny Rich
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All fiction, even the most fantastical, is based on truth. We all believe in our own version of the truth. And, so, all fiction aims to be truer than the truth. The writer of fiction tries to make his readers believe everything he writes. The act of writing fiction itself is an act of truth-telling.

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