Quotes About Authenticity

being published' is not the same as being a real writer.

Is there anything more embarrassing than being caught imitating someone you really admire, by someone who knows you really well? Apart from being caught taking a shit in public, maybe not.

We should have stories not to tell us how to live and turn our lives into copies of stories, but to prevent us from having to fictionalise ourselves".

Secret thoughts and open countenance will go safely over the whole world.

We live in a world of evaluations, assessments, and measurements, but Jesus turns his gaze deeper because he knows that what is measurable can be faked.

Let your life speak.

We're not freaks, Tally. We're normal. We may not be gorgeous, but at least we're not hyped-up Barbie dolls.

You want to try and bring a character to life in an honest a way as you possibly can. It doesn't matter whether he's a doctor, an actor, a car salesman or a captain of a starship. If you can bring truth and honesty to that character, then your audience will believe you.

Human nature reciprocates positive emotion, and when you bring something real out, you invite others to follow.

we are always performing. Any time you open your mouth and expect someone to listen, you are behaving differently than you would if you were alone. Admitting this doesn't make you a phony — it makes you honest. We are social creatures and behave differently to fit into different social situations.

It's only when something is burning that you find out who people really are.

To understand who people really are, start a fire. When everything is going fine, you see only the safest parts of people's character. It's only when something is burning that you find out who people really are.

If I Skyped someone to say, "How are you doing?" and he said, "Fine," and then I said, "No, really, how is everything?" even if he volunteered more, it'd be an answer I forced, different in nature from something I observed by being around them.

To understand who people really are, start a fire. When everything is going fine, you see only the safest parts of people's character. It's only when something is burning that you find out who people really are. Of course, it's wrong to set a fire on purpose, but if you have a small fire already burning, let it burn and see who, if anyone, complains, runs away, or comes to help.

Don' t focus on NEW - focus on authent ic. Being or iginal isn' t being new - i t 's being you.

Never apologize for what you feel, it's like saying sorry for being real." – Anonymous

I wish to walk arm in arm, hand in hand without your fears pervading, without my feeling that others are staring. I wish to lose the fog and retain you, your radiance, your strength, your essence.

Too often I see performances that aren't rooted in truth. Oftentimes, those are performances that tend to win awards.

If you don't quote yourself, nobody else will. And you can quote me on that.

Never apologize for saying what/how you feel. Cuz' that's like saying, "Sorry for being real".

To try something new, we have to be willing to check our egos at the door. We have to move out from under what is comfortable and be willing to take the risk of being bad at something, or making fools of ourselves, or letting people ask those questions like, "Barbecue? Why barbecue?" When they ask that, we can say, "Because it's fun!

Nobody admires anyone else without qualification. If they do they're after an image, not a person.

Lies go out, but the truth stays home.

the best disguises were those that were poured out of the heart rather than painted on the face.