An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction neve…

V. S. Naipaul
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An autobiography can distort; facts can be realigned. But fiction never lies: it reveals the writer totally. ✨ V. S. Naipaul (2012). The Writer and the World: Essays, p.225, Pan Macmillan
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