Quotes About Truth

I don't want to be known as this bitter, ex-Scientologist. I'm not trying to bash anybody, and I'm not trying to be controversial. I just want people to know the truth.

The truth was that I didn't want a career in the conventional business world.

No one is beyond the power of conversion, because no one is beyond the power of truth.

Acting is about finding truth and finding the way to convey the truth.

Do whatever it takes to convey your essential self.

I'll write about myself, or people I know, or archetypal characters, but the goal is to get at some truth, not to necessarily convey my own experience as an individual to the world.

I'm not a convicted felon.

I'm not out to convince anybody of anything.

The more science learns, the more I'm convinced that God is real.

I am not convinced the truth can make men free, but I believe it a beginning.

I would never play a character that wasn't true. It's not a moral thing; it's just that it's more convincing if it's a little bit like me.

The same evidence that is convincing to one person may not convince another.

I can always tell if someone is good in the core.

If you're trying to write something that you don't understand and embrace at the very core of you, it's not going to turn out with quite the authenticity and passion it should have.

For all the talk about, and appeals to, Trump fans who wanted to watch the press corps bullied and bashed, most Americans don't want that. They never did. Most Americans want to know what is real and true so that they can make the best decisions for their families.

I'm ordinarily pretty correct in what I say.

A lot of stories that aren't true get out into the mainstream, and it's hard to correct that. People want to hear what they already believe.

When you've made a mistake, you have to admit you've made a mistake, and correct it.

It's more important to get the story correct than to get it first.

When I do jokes that maybe are seen as social commentary, I research them to the nth degree. I probably do more research than I do actual joke writing. I want to make sure what I'm saying is correct.

We must correct what we find objectively wrong.

When you hear something that's not correct, it really starts to irk someone.

I didn't confess. I was interrogated. They acted like my answers were wrong. They told me I was wrong, that I didn't remember correctly, that I had to remember correctly. And if I didn't, I would never see my family.

I know the way this city works. We have one of the most corrupt cities in the country. The reason it's so corrupt is because everybody thinks it's honest, and it's not. You know the truth when you go to Chicago. The difference here in Los Angeles is you believe it's honest - and that's dangerous.