Cameron Crowe Quotes

We have to say what we believe... whether it's popular or not.

You need to write about something that you really know about or you deeply connect with. Don't fake it.

Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real.

If you can discover what you like, if you can discover what you truly believe about most of the major matters of life, you will be able to write a story which is honest and original and unique.

Write words you’re willing to burn at the stake for. Write words you’d believe in even if the rest of the world didn’t.

Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

I would never want to disrespect my beliefs. There are certain, obviously different, areas you wouldn't go. It's not congruent to who I am as a person, and it would be insincere, and it wouldn't be based on truth.

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

I certainly want people to like my writing, but I know that if I write with the intention of trying to please people, the writing will not be good because it will not be authentic. So, ironically, I have to be willing to write something strange or unlovable in order to write anything truly good.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That's sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

I think the success of my work stems from being truthful.

I do not believe in hypocrisy.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

A man is original when he speaks the truth that has always been known to all good men.

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

To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Integrity is incredibly important to me. As long as you're authentic, you can do no wrong.

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.

I have always tried to believe what I said and say what I believe and I still do that.

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.

All of my music is honest.

If you write, write about what you do and who you are, and you can't be wrong. Don't lie about anything. You are very similar to everybody else in the world. You love, you hate, you have friends, you have enemies. Be who you are.

I am not that savvy, to be honest. I know what I believe in, and I try to follow people who do the same.

I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing.