“How about this,' I said. 'We modify our plans with regard to ongoing facts as they become known to us, then remodify them as the situation unfolds. 'You mean make it all up as we go along?' asked Perkins. 'Right.” FunnyPlansDecisionsMaking It UpMake Stuff Up Book:The Eye of Zoltar Source: The Eye of Zoltar
“In summary, the conclusion that having DID is generally rewarding is unfounded because the vast majority of the attention such patients receive is skeptical, critical, exploitative, or hostile; they are often ignored if they do present symptoms of DID. It is certainly possible that some individuals have attempted to feign the disorder. However, the hostile treatment that one would most likely receive would make feigning another disorder more rewarding.” Mental HealthPretendingDissociative Identity DisorderMultiple PersonalitiesAlter PersonalitiesAttention SeekingAttention SeekersFakingMaking It UpFactitious Disorder Author:David H. Gleaves
“where actual evidence had been a bit sparse he had, in the best traditions of the keen ethnic historian, inferred from revealed self-evident wisdom* *Made it up and extrapolated from associated sources** **had read a lot of stuff that other people had made up, too.” HistoryHumourResearchDiscworldHistoriansResearch MethodologyMaking It UpQueen Ynci Of LancreYnci Author:Terry Pratchett