Isaac Bashevis Singer Lying Quotations

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

I was brought up to believe in free will. Although I came to doubt all revelation, I can never accept the idea that the Universe is a physical or chemical accident, a result of blind evolution. Even though I learned to recognize the lies, the clichés and the idolatries of the human mind, I still cling to some truths which I think all of us might accept some day.

Men want all women to lie down as whores and get up as virgins.

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

Various philosophers and religious leaders tried to convince their disciples and followers that animals are nothing more than machines without a soul, without feelings. However, anyone who has ever lived with an animal-be it a dog, a bird, or even a mouse-knows that this theory is a brazen lie, invented to justify cruelty.