Teyonah Parris Quotes

The best stories come out of the truth.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

The kind of fiction I'm trying to write is about telling the truth.

I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.

People like a bit of honesty in films.

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

When guys do books or stories, all I like to see is the truth.

Kids know when you're pulling a fast one, storywise, and I think that even when they're being entertained, children want to hear the truth, just like adults do.

I'm just writing about people. People are dark and complicated. I'm trying to tell the truth; that's all that I do.

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

When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as I can be. That's what I want to see when I go to the movies.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Write what you know.

I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.

I really think that people never go wrong by telling the truth.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

You can't just keep telling a story the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world to be more honest with young kids, to show them the world that they go walk outside and see.

I try to be as honest as I can in writing. That's what ends up translating and relating to people.

As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.

The most powerful, most insightful, and most important part of my music is honesty and inclusiveness with my fans - giving them as deep a story as I can give them.

It's just so humanizing to see someone be real.

Even if you can't relate to what I'm singing, I hope you can believe in it and see it as something that it is real.

I want to portray myself as myself.

I strive for honesty because I think that's where the funniest stuff comes from.

I feel like the more real we are, the more people will respect that.