"Artists should not be trusted. If an artist is not deceitful every so often in the cause of his art, then he is a poor artist."
— Chaim Potok, My Name is Asher Lev
"Remember: all writers are liars. I believe Carrot Top said that once."
—DDT
"All rumors could be correct. All rumors could be wrong. One thing is for sure: I think I’ll be able to fool and betray all of you in a pleasant way.”
—Hideo Kojima on MGS2's hilariously inaccurate trailer, Electronic Gaming Monthly
"We deliberately lie, we deliberately confuse in order to keep you in the dark about our intentions.”
"It’s not shocking a company with honesty issues as WWE would lie, but it’s maddening when their lies nullify fan sentiment. A few months back, WWE listed the five superstars that had the most followers on Twitter. The list went Rock, Cena, Orton, Punk, and Miz. This was interesting, because Zack Ryder had 110, 000 more followers than Miz, and should have realistically been fifth on this rather pointless list."
Pee-Wee Herman: Did you all enjoy your newspaper?
Everybody: NO!!!
Globey: I didn't know there were headhunters in Iceland.
Jambi: And you told me that I give them two wishes.
Miss Yvonne: Feast for your self, Pee-Wee.
Pee-Wee Herman: Miss Yvonne robs Playhouse?
Miss Yvonne: You know that it's not true.
Pee-Wee Herman: I didn't do it.
Everybody: Then who did it?
Randy: I did it!
*Everybody argues to Randy*
Miss Yvonne: Why, Randy, Why?!?
Randy: While Pee-Wee went to sleep last night, I fixed them up a little. There are not boring now!
Pee-Wee Herman: They are not true ether. You cannot make lies like this.
Miss Yvonne: Especially in a newspaper.
— Pee-wee's Playhouse note
"For years now I lied carefully to preserve some key surprises. All for nothing."
— Thomas Astruc creator of Miraculous Ladybug in this tweet after plot synopses were released for all of season 3 when it had barely started airing.
after plot synopses were released for all of season 3 when it had barely started airing."One of the things we learned pretty early on is: don’t ever, ever try to lie to the internet – because they will catch you. They will de-construct your spin. They will remember everything you ever say for eternity."
"I had to keep the lie going for years."
— SNK community manager Krispy Kaiser, regarding formerly Exiled from Continuity character K9999's return as Krohnen in The King of Fighters XV
"Comedy is about trust. Me lying to you doesn't break that trust if you don't know I'm lying."
— Alpharad
