Quotes About Authenticity

There's nothing sadder than being in a tribute band - especially a tribute band for your own thing you did originally.

Tribute bands have kind of taken over the market, and I don't want to come across as being that.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

The whole trick is to make it feel like you're spying on real people's lives as they get through the day. When I'm writing, I have to trick myself as a writer. If I consciously say, 'I'm writing,' I feel all this pressure and somehow it doesn't feel as real as when it doesn't seem to count as much.

I like to create a nice environment and let people reveal themselves instead of trying to trick them or surprise them with a hidden question.

You want me to be truthful.. for your convenience.. but in turn.. you consider to be mendacious for your own convenience.. !! Gr8..!!

The life that I have lived was no more than a mask covering the real me. What has happened was not to kill me but to reveal me.

The plain truth can be the hardest thing to see when it's about yourself. If you don't want to know the truth, you'll do anything to disguise it.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at which I can no longer tell a true story.

A novel must show how the world truly is, how characters genuinely think, how events actually occur. A novel should somehow reveal the true source of our actions.

The truth, as much as people acted like they wanted to hear it, was sometimes too cruel and harsh.

Think about it this way--our actions speak truth our words cannot.

Don't buy into a superficial reality. It has an expiration date.

Truth may be stranger than fiction, but fiction is truer.

Me truthful... you mendacious.. !!

Telling the truth can be a dirty job.

It's not an easy thing to tell a true story.

i realize you cant just throw real gems at ppl...because they think cubic zirconia is the real thing lol

He didn't want to play football. He wanted to be told the truth.

Neatness, madam, has nothing to do with the truth. The truth is quite messy, like a wind blown room.

Hoax needed to complete the premises of truth.

I never thought of clothes as having a life of their own -but they do. We all wear an outer layer to hide who we really are.

Sometimes the truth feels good.