White lies?

Building a career means you work on something, and try to get as good at it as possible.

I was on my way to becoming an advertiser, but I chose not to take that path. It would've meant that I would have had to work hard at getting good at praising products that I wouldn't even buy.

Basically, I would get good at lying, and I would be paid to lie.

To be fair, being an author isn't any different in that regard. Authors make their living by telling stories, which is just another form of lying.

Maybe I became a writer because I wanted to tell lies I can be proud of. Lies that stand the test of time, and are so good that everyone wants to hear them again and again.

Those kind of lies, white lies, wouldn't harm anyone.