Ted Demme Quotes

Everything you add to the truth subtracts from the truth.

I don't want happy-face conclusions. I want the truth.

I try to be honest; I really do try not to exaggerate the story. I try to be accurate.

The safest words are always those which bring us most directly to facts.

The best stories come out of the truth.

I aim to tell the truth about any subject, not a romance or fantasy, not avoid the truth.

Truth is so much more interesting than the fiction we're used to.

All I've ever done is try to get at the truth of the matter.

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

First and foremost, you want to be truthful as a storyteller.

You have to show reality as it is, not as you wish it to be.

I am a regular writer in Mexico, and I always tell the truth in my writings.

I can do no more than tell the truth.

My approach is the truth and aiming for the truth.

That's always important to us, is being truthful. Not guessing, not making any assumptions. Just coming at it with knowledge.

If you tell a true story, you can't be wrong.

The truth does not need to be defended.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

Truth is a great flirt.

We are really the conveyors of truth in a very critical time and people need to know that truth.

Truth is so rare that it is delightful to tell it.

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

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth.

Truth is the best defense.

I do not make stories up, full stop.