Salman Rushdie Quotes

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

If you're going to write about your life, you must write about your life.

Autobiographical fiction is very tricky.

When you write an autobiography, it has to be authentic.

I don't try to stop myself from becoming too personal. I just put it all out there. If anything, I try to remind myself to be as honest as possible all the time. Why hold back?

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.

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

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

Let's face it. I'm an open book.

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

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

I think it requires a bit of honesty, Swan Lake.

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.

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.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses, - for it is a sign of strength to be weak, to know it, and out with it - not in a set way and ostentatiously, though, but incidentally and without premeditation.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

My life is an open pamphlet.

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

I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.

The first job of a writer is to be honest.

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.