Quotes About Authenticity

Nature will not be admired by proxy.

Great! I've written something stupid, but I haven't signed a contract with anyone to produce solely wise and perfect works. I gave vent to my stupidity...and here I am, reborn.

You don't have to be a certain thing to be cool. If you're white, you don't have to act black or whatever. Just be you and know who you are.

Don't take shadows too seriously. Reality is your only safety. Continue to reject illusion.

Wir brauchen keine Dichter mit guter Grammatik. Zu guter Grammatik fehlt uns Geduld. Wir brauchen die mit dem heißen heiser geschluchzten Gefühl. Die zu Baum Baum und zu Weib Weib sagen und ja sagen und nein sagen: laut und deutlich und dreifach und ohne Konjunktiv.

Rather than listen to what other people tell you, find out what is really important to you and just be concerned with that

People who think honestly and deeply have a hostile attitude towards the public.

Italian food is all about ingredients and it's not fussy and it's not fancy.

church is not a meeting; it is a way of life.

God cares less about what we do than what we are. In the eternal scheme of things, God looks at our hearts, not our résumés.

It is like writing history with lightning. And my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

it is shame to be an impostor....it only means u gave up!....it is impossible to be perfect....but it is possible to believe in your self....

People always ask me, Do you ever think you'll wake up one morning and not be funny? That thought would never occur to me--it's an odd thought and not realistic. Because funny and me are not separate. We're one.

To attract people naturally, effortlessly, we need only follow the true prompting of our hearts.

We have the best chance of communicating our thoughts if we are sincere and speak from the heart, without hidden intent.

I pledge to tell you the truth, to be kind, but sometimes to be blunt. Together, let's examine the stories you're making up to see how many of them are based in reality. Personally, prior to the age of 36, almost every story I had was based in a lie. But I'd like you to remember that it doesn't take nearly as many words to tell the truth as it does to bullshit somebody.

Because jazz musicians improvise under the pressure of time, what's inside comes out pure. It's like being pressed to answer a question before you have a chance to get your lie straight. The first thought is usually the truth.

It's frightfully important for a writer to be his age, not to be younger or older than he is. One might ask, "What should I write at the age of sixty-four," but never, "What should I write in 1940."

I was in a conversation with a student here, on the campus, yesterday, and she, after we were, I think we had coffee or dinner or something, there were several of us, I have to add that in for those mind of yours that run astray, and she asked me, she told me that "We'll I'm surprised that you're not what I expected," and I said what do you mean. And she said "Well I was looking for you horns," and so I told her I have them, but I keep them hidden unless someone draws them out.

I don't have any hate. I've got some sense. I'm not going to let anybody who hates me tell me to love him. I'm not that way-out.

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it.

Ave María Purísima: me acuso de ser yo por todas partes. O sea de querer siempre ser otra. Y hasta peor: conseguirlo.

Anything forced is not beautiful

Everyone tries to be an optimist. But being an optimist is a bit boring and not honest. Losers are more interesting than winners.