Sarah Jones Quotes

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

Whether I'm acting, writing, or directing, I want to tell the truth about human beings, especially my folk.

I've always thought that comedy was just another dramatic expression. I try to measure the amount of truth in a work rather than just looking at the generic distinction between comedy and drama. There's a lot of bullshit drama that leaves you totally cold. And there's a lot of wasted comedy time too. But when you get something honest, it doesn't matter what label you give it.

I've come to realize that people connect more when they know you're telling them the truth or some aspect of your story, some mutated version of how you are experiencing this life.

I want my pictures to cut through political abstractions... and make a connection on a human level.

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.

I want that every piece of art be honest, never mind what it is about.

I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good.

Never write an advertisement which you wouldn't want your family to read. You wouldn't tell lies to your own wife. Don't tell them to mine.

The only thing you can really say in a poem is what you really, really deeply believe.

I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.

Being honest is my job. That's what music is for me.

Learn your instrument. Be honest. Don't do anything phony. There is so much crap floating around. There is plenty of room for a bit of honest writing.

You just have to make sure you're writing about something that's true. It has to be honest and it has to have a real emotion behind it, regardless of where it's coming from.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

The poet nothing affirmeth and therefore never lieth.

The core of my writing is not art but truth.

To be honest with my music... for me to expect anyone to connect it has to come from a place of honesty.

Truth is the number one element in whatever you do with music.

Nothing that I say in my music is a lie.

The best theater is trying to tell the truth, and the best politics is trying to tell the truth.

I thought if I just told the truth, the human truth, it'd be the truth for everyone.

I think every time I can find a story that touches that human nerve, and even sometimes makes you cry, I think that I've found something that I'll like very much.

I wouldn't be a writer if I couldn't tell the truth.