Alice Sebold Quotes

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.

We tap into something when we're honest about what's going on in our lives.

The thing that I've decided is, I don't want to be invisible, but I'd like to be transparent. I want people to see what I'm thinking and see through me.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

I'm giving all that I have in this life. I'm opening up my notebook, and I'm saying everything in there out loud.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

I mean, my stand-up is very honest and exposing in this way. I probably carry that into everything I do.

I've been told that I overshare. Sometimes I get criticized for it, but how else would I be if not all of me?

I think a lot of pain in people's lives comes from not being open and honest about what they really think, what they really feel, what they like, what they don't like.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.

If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.

I don't try to hide my feelings or what I think.

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

When you eliminate vanity from an art form, and I would think that this would be any art form, what is left is an opportunity to be incredibly naked and truthful.