Lionel Shriver Quotes

I've never been willing to lie about my age. Why on earth would I want to tell people I'm 35, which I'm not, and have them say, 'Oh that's nice,' when I could tell them I'm 47, which I am, and have them look at me and go, 'Whoa!'. I'm not afraid of aging. I stopped being afraid of life a long time ago.

I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behind whatever people think is correct. You just say what you have to say, and if they don't like it, it's OK.

As you get older, then you finally come back around full circle when you don't give a s - anymore and you decide I'm going to just tell the truth to everybody. I don't give a s - if anybody likes me.

In past generations, people would try to play younger than they really are. My trick is, I don't try to play younger than I really am.

If I pretended to be confident all the time, that would just be a lie.

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it.

One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say

I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.

I think too many people, if you are 46 you want to look 36, and if you're 36 you want to look 26. I didn't want to do that. I've earned the gray hairs. So I wanted to show that level of honesty.

As you get older your willingness to tell more of the truth is awakened and you don't have to think about it or imagine it because now you know this to be true.

I am expressing myself truthfully. That is an important thing.

You have to be honest about who you are.

I'm not afraid to play my age. I never was. I've never been an ingenue. I like getting older.

The older I get, the more I understand that the only way to say valuable things is to lose your fear of being correct.

I don't want to pretend to be a prophet or a saint. I'm very conscious of my limitations. I know my flaws. But I don't like lying.

But one of the things I learned is that when you fight for something you believe in and you tell the truth and you do your best, you can always hold your head up high and no one can take that away from you.

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

I'm finally looking older and inviting my wrinkles.

Life would be so much harder if I had to lie about who I was.

I have no intention of hiding who I am because I know I have done nothing wrong.

If I'm confirmed, I'll be myself.

In my heart, I'm 100% real. You can't pull out nothing in my past that can say I'm not 100% real.

I'm as old as I am, and I don't try to hide it. It's not a big deal.

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.

Older women know who they are, and that makes them more beautiful than younger ones. I like to see a face with some character. I want to see lines. I want to see wrinkles.