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I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.

Diane Ackerman
Lying, Thinking, Class
"Author Diane Ackerman: 'One Hundred Names for Love'". Interview with Jennifer Haupt, www.psychologytoday.com. May 17, 2012.
I consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.