Alex Hirsch Quotes

For a creative writer possession of the 'truth' is less important than emotional sincerity.

You can't write nothing that ain't real.

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.

Acting is all about truth and honesty, and the sensitivity that's capable of transporting you.

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

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

The best strips are the most honest. That's just the truth of it.

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

Acting means nothing unless it's truth. And honesty.

I think honesty is an important thing when writing a song. If you can't sing it with conviction, then no-one else is going to believe it.

When I open my mouth and sing, the truth comes out. When I write, the truth comes out. I can't lie. That, I think, is one of the strongest elements of my music. When people talk about my writing as though I'm doing it from an accountant's perspective, it really pisses me off.

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.

On stage you can get away with a lot more in the sense of emotion and truthfulness. But the camera is the eye of God. It sees everything.

Music is not simply an orchestration of something, but it's also not something as trivial as honesty.

I don't want to bury anything in poetry.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

Songwriters tell the truth.

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

There's a bit of truth in everything I do, you know.