If You Have Writer’s Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying

From If You Have Writer’s Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying:

Sometimes, to be a resident of polite society, you have to lie, and this feels unpleasant for a moment but is usually bearable. But lying to an empty page alone in a room feels awful.

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