Quotes About Honesty

Character I want to be: "Blunt Talk's".

The way I would live my life is: never do something in real life that I would not want to write about in my Autobiography.

I like people to be saints; but I want them to be first and superlatively honest men.

Now comes the big question: What are you going to write about? And the equally big answer: Anything you damn well want. Anything at all .... as long as you tell the truth.

Speaking as a writer, I'm not interested in trends, I want to write books that are honest, with characters as true to the inner world of the story as I can make them.

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

Wouldn't--" Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. "Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?

I don't believe in endorsing a product that you don't want to endorse.

Young people want someone to tell them the truth. They want to be inspired.

My business is not reading your messages. I don't have a business doing that. And it's against my values to do that. I don't want to read your private stuff.

Who wants to be reputable? That's for golfers and tycoons with a sleazy past.

Being honest doesn't mean you say whatever you want, wherever you want. It means that what you choose to say is true.

Why do you say vague things if you don't want to be asked about them?

I don't mind being artificial sometimes, because I like veiling myself. I mean, I'm not honest or sincere: I am self-centered and narcissistic. I just want to be this entity.

I figure it this way - if a woman claims she didn't want me to fudge her, then you already know she's a liar. So what the hell's the point of a trial, y'know?

When we do something we're not proud of, a lot of people don't want to look at that, people may say "what people don't know won't hurt them."

I'm sorry I kissed you- it was selfish and it upset you- but you can't ask me to pretend I didnt want to.

It demeans you to cover rotten meat with honey. I know what I am. What would you want with a monster?" "Everything.

I've come to see that I'm saying something that people generally do not want to hear.

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in the world, not as we may want to see it or hope to see it, but as it is.

There's what people want to hear, then there's what people want to believe, there's everything else, then there's truth.

I'm a really anxious person, so I tend not to keep secrets. I tend not to even want to hear them. It's too nerve-wracking for me to try and keep things from people.

As an actor, that's the most important thing. You want to be able to let go and not hold onto anything, so that you can give an honest portrayal and performance.

You know I am done lying. Obscuring the truth is no longer something I have any interest in doing. I want it all to come out. The good, the bad, the ugly.