More quotes by Tim O'Brien

"A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written."
"A good piece of fiction, in my view, does not offer solutions. Good stories deal with our moral struggles, our uncertainties, our dreams, our blunders, our contradictions, our endless quest for understanding. Good stories do not resolve the mysteries of the human spirit but rather describe and expand up on those mysteries."
"Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has. Look at Woody Allen's funny movies - all the humor comes out of sad stuff. Sometimes you have to laugh, no matter what life deals you."
"A lie, sometimes, can be truer than the truth, which is why fiction gets written."
"That's what fiction is for. It's for getting at the truth when the truth isn't sufficient for the truth."