Anthony McCarten Quotes
Truth is seldom appreciated and never understood, whereas a flattering lie is always appreciated and instantly understood.
McCarten, Anthony. The Pope: Francis, Benedict, and the Decision That Shook the World. Flatiron Books, 2019.
One classic example was the fact that in 2012 about one third of Republicans believed that President Obama was a Muslim when he was a devout Christian. The infamous lie had 3 grains of truth: Obama’s father was a Muslim. his middle name was an Islamic name. and he had lived and gone to school as a young boy in Indonesia, the largest Islamic country.
See Ben Franklin for an earlier similar sentiment {465143}.
Anthony McCarten is a New Zealand novelist, playwright, journalist, television writer and filmmaker. He is best known for writing the biopics The Theory of Everything (2014), Darkest Hour (2017), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) and The Two Popes (2019). He received Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay nominations for The Theory of Everything and The Two Popes.
