Edwidge Danticat Quotes

I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.

I couldn't be in a relationship and behave like somebody else or pretend I felt something I didn't feel. And that includes saying things I thought might jeopardize the relationship.

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am.

I try to be as honest and open as I am with everything that I do because it's just, um, It helps me, you know, like whether it's stand up or singing or act. I just try to stay true.

My interviewing style and my approach to things is that, yes, it's okay to be sincere; it's okay to be yourself; it's okay to be real.

You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.

I am not good at first or second impressions, and you have to spend some time with me to know me. Also, I don't want to put my best foot forward and prove something, as that is not me. I would rather be me and have you like me for who I am, instead of being someone else.

I could go and make commercials left and right and pretend like I am a celebrity, but that is not me.

I must be true to myself within my music or I would be a liar.

I want people to see an honesty within me. I'm not trying to be the next Sam Cooke or Otis Redding.

When something really comes from the soul, I think it has a truth that you cannot find in politics.

If I was going to pretend to be the supermom next door, it would've been counterfeit and a lie. I figured I had to write something out of a new place.

When you're true to yourself - not the audience that reads about me in the newspaper or sees a clip someplace, but the audience that actually comes and watches, just like Oprah - they get to know you and they sense something genuine.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.

You can't live a lie. You have to follow your heart.

I don't try to be likeable. The worst thing people do is present versions of themselves to the world that aren't real.

I think the most important thing is to be yourself and be genuine and don't try to tell anybody else's story but your own. And if it comes from a genuine place, I think people can tell, and if it doesn't, I think people can tell, and I think that eventually it shows.

I don't try to be somebody I'm not.

I am who I am. I don't try to be something I'm not.

I'm not a shock jock. I never ambush anybody. I just speak my mind and my heart and my soul.

I think who I am on the court is who I am in person.

Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character.

I just try to be authentic.

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

I've been lucky enough to reach a place where I can speak what's in my heart, and people know that it comes from a real place; I don't have to worry about doing what someone's not doing - I can do me.