Quotes About Authenticity

It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling world should include many different elements of life and culture. For this reason, my books will almost always contain people of faith.

We need to include more writers from different backgrounds and ethnicities. We need to see different experiences instead of the same people writing the same kinds of stories.

We're very, very flawed, myself included.

I can say the people you see on TV are real-life individuals, not just people playing a role, myself included.

I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually has the opposite effect than one would think. It makes the characters and the story more inclusive.

There are some writers who don't write about people who do jobs. I'm not going to name them, but you watch one of their films, or you read one of their books, and you think, 'What job do they do?' They seem to have a nice house and a nice income. How have they got it?

I'm a real guy. I'm not money-laundering. I make money off music, and music is my source of income. It feels good. I'm not selling T-shirts, I'm not doing none of that other crap. Straight music.

I have always marched to my own beat, and most frequently, it was inconsistent not only with my own immediate family, but with my culture as well.

I'm doomed to act like myself, even when it's inconvenient!

A lot of electronic music out there feels cold. I want to incorporate a human element.

I think as you become a more open person and let others in, just in your regular life, you'll be surprised by how much you find and how you can then incorporate that into the work you put online.

Fundamentally, I am all about finding interesting and authentic ways to incorporate nature into most of my designs.

When I started Amos Content Group in 2009, I made a simple bet: our handmade, contextual, and authentic content will stand out in an increasingly information-saturated world.

If you continue to act like an artist as you get older, you'll increasingly feel pressure. People will question your actions.

Consumers are increasingly feeling that they are being taken for a ride.

It's an incredible dilemma to be an artist of color and to always be in denial about that, saying, 'I'm a choreographer first and then I'm black,' when in fact, that's not the case. I'm black first and then I'm also a choreographer.

The power of makeup is incredible, but the power of you is cray cray.

The most important advice you can give anyone about to appear on TV is incredibly prosaic - be yourself.

I think it's incredibly cute when a guy can't dance and doesn't care about how crazy he looks.

From being at art college, I've always hated people that have the gall to think that they're being incredibly different when they're doing something in a very acceptable way, something safe that they've seen someone else doing.

I'm getting better now, but I used to be incredibly awkward with girls. I think any guy who says 'I've never had an awkward moment with a girl' is a liar.

I never look at fashion magazines. I find them incredibly boring.

Children are far more interesting to work with than grownups. They're incredibly honest. They'll tell you exactly what they think.

I loved working with kids, and kids are the most incredibly discerning audience. And if they don't believe you, they will tell you and let you know. I mean, kids is where it's at, really.