A staff writer for The New Yorker has resigned and his latest book has been halted after he acknowledged inventing quotes by Bob Dylan.
Jonah Lehrer released a statement Monday through his publisher, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, saying that some Dylan quotes appearing in his book Imagine: How Creativity Works did "not exist." Others were "unintentional misquotations, or represented improper combinations of previously existing quotes."
Lehrer acknowledged his actions after being contacted by a writer for an online magazine questioning the quotes.
Houghton Mifflin said the e-book and physical editions of the book have been stopped.
