honesty Quotes

It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.

I am definitely not rich.

If you take my stuff apart, you'll find my choruses of repetitions are picked up almost verbatim from Kurt Vonnegut, and my distanced fracture quality is all from Amy Hempel, who's probably my favourite writer.

People say I make up wild stories. But all I have to do is write down stuff that really happens.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

I am not ashamed to confess that I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.

My way of joking is to tell the truth. That's the funniest joke in the world.

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

The only passion that guides me is for the truth... I look at everything from this point of view.