Lucy Walker Quotes

My worst is all out in the open. It makes it necessary for people to tell you about themselves.

Love takes off masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within.

I feel like my honesty gives people the freedom to talk about things they wouldn't otherwise.

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there.

It is hard for me to be vulnerable, because I never learned how to do that. I was never vulnerable in a safe way.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

I love it when a director says, 'I don't know.'

I don't have a problem showing vulnerability.

I think when I show my vulnerability, people relate with that because they know deep down inside that they have vulnerable moments, and they can really connect and identify with me on those things.

It's easy to ask other people to open up and to judge them if they don't, but it's always difficult to lead by example.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

I've tried to write in a way that transcends beyond just sexuality and is more about letting go of our fear and trusting the people around us.

I think being vulnerable to other humans is a form of strength.

Honesty and vulnerability endear us to people; they don't endanger us in our relationship.

The real gift of love is self disclosure.

Man was made to lead with his chin; he is worth knowing only with his guard down, his head up and his heart rampant on his sleeve.

For a marriage relationship to flourish, there must be intimacy. It takes an enormous amount of courage to say to your spouse, 'This is me. I'm not proud of it - in fact, I'm a little embarrassed by it - but this is who I am.

I feel vulnerable sometimes - when I see an emotional scene, for example - and I remember what it took to get to that place, and I fear sometimes that everybody else can see that. You bare a part of you that makes you uncomfortable. I freely give it, I know, but I feel like people know something about me that I wouldn't otherwise give freely to a stranger.

God has gifted me in communication. He has given me a gift to be very open about myself, which seems to really help a lot of people. It's not even anything I do on purpose. It's just something I don't have a problem with. I don't care what you know about me if it will help you.

In intimate relationships, if we start trying to be more real, it's very scary.

And I think if you're going to be with somebody, you owe it to them to show yourself.

Most people believe vulnerability is weakness. But really vulnerability is Courage. We must ask ourselves...are we willing to show up and be seen.

I think that, for a lot of us, the closer we get to showing people who we really are, that's where we feel the most uncomfortable, the most vulnerable. But it's also where the healthiest growth comes from. Like when I can really open myself up to someone and show someone who I really am, it's amazing when it happens.