Jodi Picoult Quotes

It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.

Not only do I lie, I take real pleasure in lying, in the transmission of magic effects.

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

Well, when I was younger, I lied all the time, because once you understand the power of lying, it's really like magic because you transform reality for people.

As someone who specializes in deception, I'll tell you this much: When someone insistently implores, 'Believe me,' don't. Pleading 'believe me' or 'trust me' - insisting to people that you are telling the truth - is a tell-tale sign that you probably aren't.

Lying is a cooperative act. Think about it. A lie has no power whatsoever by its mere utterance. Its power emerges when someone else agrees to believe the lie.

In Hollywood, lying is something that people do like breathing.

I have a certain experience of the way people tell lies.

Folks will say anything, and next time round they'll believe it.

The people who lie the most are nearly always the clumsiest at it, and they're easier to fool with lies than most people, too. You'd think they'd be on the look-out for lies, but they seem to be the very ones that will believe almost anything at all.

Lying does exist in crazy forms.

I was one of the most brilliant liars as a child.

It takes good memory to keep up a lie.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.

The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.

I can't say why people lie; they just do. Everyone has their own reasons for not telling the truth.

I like women, but you can't always trust them. Some of them are big liars, like this one woman I met who had a dog. I asked her her dog's name and then I asked, 'Does he bite?' and she said, 'No.' And I said, 'So how does he eat?' Liar!

People lie, and they always are very very creative in finding new ways to lie.

Liars need to have good memories.

I'm not proud of it, but I'm a great liar when I travel. I smile and lie, and things are smooth.

Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.

Liars are always most disposed to swear.

Not all teammates tell the truth.

Saying what you believe others want to hear is, of course, a form of lying.