Michael Pollan Quotes

Trust is the conduit for influence; it's the medium through which ideas travel.

Trust me, I'm telling you stories.

The Centre is very important to me; it's about trust - about truth.

Trust the material; trust the story that you're telling.

All stories should have some honesty and truth in them, otherwise you're just playing about.

We believe 'Peter Rabbit' because Beatrix Potter believes it. You have to.

Trust the tale, not the teller.

It takes people a while to trust you.

Tricks you need to transform something which appears fantastic, unbelievable into something plausible, credible, those I learned from journalism. The key is to tell it straight. It is done by reporters and by country folk.

You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.

The thing that I've learned, not just from writing comics but also from writing television programs like 'Law & Order,' is that you can fool some of the people some of the time - but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.

First and foremost, you want to be truthful as a storyteller.

I looked the man in the eye and found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy.

It matters if people believe you or not.

As long as you tell the best story possible, you can trust that people will be able to connect to it.

It matters to people that the president tell them the truth.

One believes in the truthfulness of a man because of his long experience with the man, and because the man has always told a consistent story. But no man has told so consistent a story as nature.

The truth, finally, is who can tell it.

Sincerity is the surest road to confidence.

I remember being 18, and my first boyfriend said to me, "Unless you're in the room, you don't know if it's true." We were talking about gossip.

We are wearing coats of trust. When one tells a story this is what happens.

Credibility is what it is ALL about.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.