Quotes About Authenticity

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

We are writing fiction, but we are trying to create a world that's believable.

Every writer knows he is spurious; every fiction writer would rather be credible than authentic.

I came to the conclusion that I am not a fiction writer.

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

I do not believe that with a fictional character you can force yourself too far away from yourself. There has to be some of you in it.

When you have a novel set in a fictional history, you still should get your history right.

I much prefer films based on fact rather than fictional stories.

I think that Miley is getting a chance to be who she really is, after years of having to be a fictional character on TV.

Great pictures can't be entirely fictitious.

It's one thing to play a character that's fictitious - it's quite another to play somebody that is alive and well.

You have to be different on the field than you are at home.

I only know one way to sing, and thats me. I cant morph who I am as an artist into two different fields; I can just be who I am at all times.

Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.

Maybe this is wrong, but I feel like I craft my songs carefully enough that I still find that fifteen years after having written one, it still works for me - I'm not cringing.

I always say a lot of fake friends are the ones I can't get into a fight with, because if I get into a fight with them, it's over.

I'm always fighter. I'm always fighter first. I voice that opinion, which sometimes gets me in trouble, but as long as you're true to yourself, you're going to be all right.

I don't want to be a cookie-cutter-poster-boy-bubble-gum-chewing fighter.

Give me some real chocolate. Real fighters eat real chocolate.

I don't want to look like all the other fighters. I've been proud to not be or act or look like any other fighters.

I may not be fighting the most popular guys like Canelo or GGG. But I am fighting real fighters, tough guys who want to prove that they belong and be world champions.

I like fighting because it's honest.

We're fighting to be ourselves in a world that's trying to make us like everyone else.

It's really fun to play a character that fights back and say what she means.