Quotes About Truth

I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license.

A documentary film-maker can't help but use poetry to tell the story. I bring truth to my fiction. These things go hand in hand.

What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth.

I envy poets because nobody ever asks them if it's true or false.

We sat down and told stories that happened to us in our childhood, to our children. They were all basically based on the truth. These stories were funny and poignant to us. They just took off. These are all stories from my life.

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

There comes a time when deceit and defiance must be seen for what they are. At that point, a gathering danger must be directly confronted. At that point, we must show that beyond our resolutions is actual resolve.

There's no point in saying anything but the truth.

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

The point of painting is not really deception or imitation.

Human beings, from their own point of view, are very different than what people see.

If you think there is anything in theater that objectively exists without your point of view attached, you are wrong.

Cinema is not truth. Even when you make documentary films, you can choose to show this shot and not the other shot - this side and not the other side. In cinema, there's one truth - not 'the truth.' It's only 'my point of view.' Cinema is powerful because of that.

Because I'm a dramatist, I'm allowed to take liberties, but I want my films to be based in truth, and it's very important to me that the community we're focusing on is happy with the film. From an ethical point of view, that's everything.

While you're finding evidence of innocence, you also find evidence that points to other people.

My Democratic colleagues, many of whom hold law degrees, should know better than to intentionally oversimplify court rulings to mislead the public and score political points.

Almost everyone who has claimed to know what kids need to learn or how they learn has turned out to be wrong.

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.

If you screw up and do something, don't lie about it; come clean.

I do show violence as entertainment. Clearly, I'd be a liar if I said I didn't.

Fear warps our understanding of reality and even our ability to see reality clearly.

This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.

It's a cliche, but my comedy is all about life.