Virginia Woolf Quotes

To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds.

I'm not staid and unbiased here. I have certain biases I want to convey, and if you disagree, that's fine.

It's a very complicated issue about when is a fact not a fact in the context of opinions.

In my reviews, I feel it's good to make it clear that I'm not proposing objective truth, but subjective reactions; a review should reflect the immediate experience.

To me, point of view is everything.

Opinion is something wherein I go about to give reasons why all the world should think as I think.

Personally, I don't give a rap for documents; for the truth in my eyes is not in them but in the mind.

Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.

Whether you are really right or not doesn't matter; it's the belief that counts.

As our inclinations, so our opinions.

I never aspire to be objective because I don't believe in objectivity. It's important to be truthful, and it's important to make sure that the audience has a solid sense of what the expectation should be of a particular film.

A portrait isn't a fact but an opinion - an occasion rather than a truth.

Truth - Something somehow discreditable to someone.

It is a difference of opinion which does not admit of proof. We each begin probably with a little bias towards our own sex, and upon that bias build every circumstance in favour of it which has occurred within our own circle.

I rather despise claims to objectivity in philosophy; the point of view is the thing.

Why, after all, must everyone like music? That they are missing something is just the lover's opinion.

Somehow even a popular fallacy has an aspect of truth when it suits one's own case.

'What would be better for us to believe!' This sounds very like a definition of truth

The truth never becomes clear as long as we assume that each one of us, individually, is the center of the universe.

Beware of feelings, Father. They are the biggest liars in us. They make truth what we want it to be.

You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.

On two subjects the overwhelming majority of people regarded their own opinions as Absolute Truth, and sincerely believed that anyone who disagreed with them was immoral, outrageous, sinful, sacrilegious, offensive, intolerable, stupid, illogical, treasonable, actionable, against the public interest, ridiculous, and obscene. The two subjects were (of course) sex and religion.

I shall speak facts; but some will say I deal in fiction.

What it is is a type of editorialization, you know? This is self-portraiture. This is what you think about the world we live in.

There are always a lot of leading questions and opinions. Of course, our work is creative, and it's subjective.