Terry Gross Quotes

I hope they don't reveal everything they know about me.

Every relationship between two individuals or two groups will be characterized by the ratio of secrecy that is involved in it.

I think secrets are something that you keep or are afraid to share because you think they're going to harm you in some way. So if you don't have any secrets, then there's no way anyone can harm you.

The closer and more confidential our relationship with someone, the less we are entitled to ask about what we are not voluntarily told.

You can ask me pretty much anything. There'll be things I'll go, 'That feels a little too personal.' But most things I don't have a fear of being asked about.

I'm not very comfortable about the audience getting a peek into my personal life. I like to keep my personal space.

To talk about a relationship trivializes something that's nobody's business.

I think you can decide how much of yourself you're willing to make public.

God forbid we keep a couple secrets in this day and age!

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.

I feel that telling my secrets makes me less vulnerable. What would make me vulnerable are the secrets I keep.

I don't think it's right that everybody knows everything about me.

Relationships or not, I believe that people don't need to know about my life beyond a certain point.

I don't want to broadcast my personal life because I feel it's off-putting.

If you have nothing to hide, there is no reason not to be transparent.

We all have our secrets. We all have our vulnerabilities.

My sister is not a public person, so I don't think it's right to discuss her.

There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.

We all know about secrets - to have that pressure of something you can't reveal. That's universal: 'Am I safe? Am I gonna be OK? Will my family still love and respect me?'

I was never any good at keeping secrets.

I don't know that I want to share all my most intimate secrets.

If you do get to know me, I'll tell everything to you. But I don't want to tell everything to the wrong people.

I never like revealing too much about myself. Once you start giving people that look into your life, then they just want more and more.

I'm really not comfortable talking about my personal life.

I have nothing to hide. I believe when you do you naturally become defensive.