Playwright. The Importance of Being Earnest.” She smiled at him. “Well, he once said that telling ‘beautiful untrue things’ was the aim of art. I like that a lot.” “So do I,” he said. “Beautiful untrue things. We all know when we read about Narnia or Middle Earth or Wonderland—we know it’s not true but it’s so beautiful, so damn beautiful that we believe it while we’re there.” “And beautiful untrue things carry the truth,” she said.
