Roald Dahl Quotes

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

If you're gonna tell your life story, you gotta be honest, or don't do it.

I need to tell the world what I'm about, my nature, because not doing so would be teaching my children how to lie. I didn't want it to be.

There's a certain point, when you're writing autobiographical stuff, where you don't want to misrepresent yourself. It would be dishonest.

A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.

People ask me about past projects I've worked on, and other things; I'm just really bad at lying. I have a bad poker face, so I just try to tell people how I'm feeling in the moment and really what I was trying to do.

I have always said what is in my heart.

I think the currency of leadership is transparency. You've got to be truthful. I don't think you should be vulnerable every day, but there are moments where you've got to share your soul and conscience with people and show them who you are, and not be afraid of it.

You have to be honest about who you are.

I just don't think that I could be the kind of actor I want to be and not be honest with myself. Honesty is very important to me as an actor and as a person. I didn't even think about it.

You've got to be who you are. You've got to be honest with people. If your views change on something, you've got to be willing to express it.

I'm simply trying to tell the truth about human behaviour as I see it.

People hear that and say I'm being modest, but I am not a modest person, but I have to be truthful about what I'm doing and what I'm doing is channeling.

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

I'd rather tell you how I really feel.

Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.

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

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.

The art of life is to show your hand.

Expressing truth is hard work.

It is always easier to write from the heart and deal with things in the present.

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.

The more horrible the truth that you admit, the better you connect. You have to tell the truth.

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.

All I'm ever looking for in my work in general is honesty and truth and people being real to themselves.