A Thief and a Liar

I'm a pathological liar.  Well, that's not exactly true.
“Someone has said that fiction by definition is a lie. By extension this means that fiction writers are liars. In that context, I will admit to it, and go a step further. I will say that fiction writers are thieves.”  -Elmer Kelton

Manila Bulletin asked Jeremy Renner if he was a good liar.  “I suppose if I had to be but I prefer not to,” he said. “Actually, it gets me in trouble to be very frank and honest. I have spoken to you many times over these past years and I have been very frank and very up front about things. I prefer to live my life that way. It is simpler. It is cleaner.”  http://www.mb.com.ph/jeremy-renner-hopes-to-revisit-ph/ 
I thought so too, JR.  But Liar's League calls us both out.  "Well, fiction is basically a lie. So is performance. To be honest, we’re all liars."  http://www.liarsleagueleicester.com/?page_id=46 
"All writers are liars. They twist events to suit themselves. They make use of their own tragedies to make a better story... They are terrible people."  -Nina Bawden
So there's my guilty pleasure, my dirty little secret: I'm a thief, a liar, and a terrible people.  But what can you say?  After all, what's your guilty pleasure? your dirty little secret?  Random Unlimited.  You keep coming back!  Were you covertly enjoying some lies?  Or did you think you'd find some truth?
"Writers are liars, my dear, surely you know that by now?  And yet, things need not have happened to be true.  Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."  -Neil Gaiman
"'You have nice manners for a thief and a liar,' said the dragon.''  -J.R.R. Tolkien