Quotes About Authenticity

In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.

Good people are found, not changed.

All good conversation, manners, and action come from a spontaneity which forgets usages and makes the moment great.

Good writers are visible just behind their words.

Good intentions are impotent unless based on reality.

I think it's good when people don't write good things about your work. I mean, what a great compliment it is to be called a charlatan.

I don't think I'd be a very good parent. I'd be too honest.

Poetry is a street fighter. It has sharp elbows. It can look after itself. Poetry can't be used for manipulation; it's why you never see good poetry in advertising.

There's even more stuff that I'd like to release, but I'm scared to, that's really, um, nerdy... not nerdy in a good way. Like, silly.

You go to a show and you know the crowd is there because they like the music, not because everybody else was going. That's a good feeling. You look out there and you know, these are our people.

Good writing is about telling the truth.

A good film is also a documentary

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

True friends say good things behind your back and bad things to your face.

I dress for myself because when I feel good, it doesn't matter what other people say. I think it's all about confidence and the way you carry yourself that draws people to you.

Put aside ambition for public recognition, and simply do what you do because it feels good inside.

I'm hesitant to judge people. My favorite saying is "you do you." But, hopefully, you don't have to seek external validation from others to feel good about yourself.

Better to have bad news that's true than good news we made up

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of thought.

I attribute my good fortune to the simple fact that I have always tried to write straight from my own heart to the hearts of others.

I've never really been about looking good - I'm just bad at that stuff.

For me the most important thing is being a really good person, and that doesn't depend on what you do on stage, that depends on how you treat people when you're offstage.

There's no point in bragging in the good times. Your friends don't need to hear it and your enemies won't believe it anyway.

All my characters are me. I'm not a good enough actor to become a character. I hear about actors who become the role and I think 'I wonder what that feels like.' Because for me, they're all me.