Quotes About Authenticity

Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.

To be a friend takes time, and time is what nobody has. Therefore, real friends are rare.

I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.

I think all of us feel like we're a bit on show, all the time.

I fought the idea of having security for a very long time, because I really value normalcy. I really do. I like to be able to take a drive by myself.

I have always felt a little strange about it being so unique that I'm not a train wreck. Like, this weird fluke that I'm not - partying all the time.

To earn the support of grass-roots activists, you have to spend real time, looking them in the eyes, answering their questions. Part of it is also you have to have a message that inspires people.

I don't try to stop myself from becoming too personal. I just put it all out there. If anything, I try to remind myself to be as honest as possible all the time. Why hold back?

It's time to lie down and be counted.

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.

Whether I'm down or whether things are great, I try to stay the same person all the time.

It is time of individualities now. Good performing skills are not enough now, you may sing better or worse - tons of good singers are waiting outside - it doesn't matter. You have to be different!

When you're a writer, sometimes you have to spend time poking at a part of yourself that normal, sane people leave alone.

You don't feel honest on a date, I guess. You don't really get to learn about anyone. You're kind of being polite and you can ask the questions, it's just not a great time for me.

The moment we become uncomfortable is the time we should confess.

In time, lies bring turmoil, where honesty brings peace.

There will come a time when nobody reads my books and no one remembers who I was. And in the meantime, I'll do it my way.

When you're grieving that's not the time to be brave or strong, you need to let it show

[There's] this idea of "I want to take care of myself," but at the same time I want to be brave, daring, and expressive.

I've always tried to be honest, and it would be too difficult for me to develop some kind of persona. I don't have enough time or energy for that.

Don't live online, live in real time. I'm just astonished how many people live online.

I think people should give in to what they feel like doing at the time and be a raw animal.

It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there is nothing to defend.

I talked to [Larry] Kramer a little bit about it while I was writing 'Remembering Denny' . Denny was one of those people who took a long time to come out.