“Sometimes I’d tell them the truth and they still wouldn’t believe me, so I prefer to lie.”

Art of Quotation

Psychiatrist:

“Your parents say you’re always lying.”

Antoine:

“Oh, I lie now and then, I suppose. Sometimes I’d tell them the truth and they still wouldn’t believe me, so I prefer to lie.”

Antoine Doinel (Jean-Pierre Léaud),  from the film The 400 Blows, 1959, French Director Francois Turffaut, 50 Greatest Films – British Film Institute

Jean-Pierre Léaud with director Francois Truffaut, 1959

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