An erudite is someone who displays less than he knows; a journalist or consultant the opposite.
All truths are not to be told.
It almost makes the secrets more important, those few things you actually do choose to keep to yourself.
I only talk to the press if it's to my advantage.
There’s nothing worse in politics than releasing facts one at a time.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
Don't lie, but don't tell the whole truth.
One cannot say everything at once.
If I've learnt one thing, it's that I need to surround myself with people who want to know the real Pete Wentz, not some myth they've concocted from a bunch of press clippings. I can open the door a centimetre wide, and some people think I'm showing them the whole room. But all they're getting is a glimpse. That's all I want to show most people.
I only like people to know what I want them to know. People didn't know what Tupac was doing. That's why he was so iconic.
No one ever wants the whole script. I give the whole script to people who require the whole script but to those people who don't require the whole script I don't give it to them and no one cares. They're relieved not to have to read extra pages that they're not in.
The only things people can ever know about you are the ones that you let them see
We've always kind of tried to keep the mystique. We don't wanna give everybody everything. You give 'em too much, it's just white noise. When we do say something, we want it to be an event. When we go out and do things, we want it to be an event and kind of keep everything else behind closed doors.
You won't hear me talk about my politics, you won't hear me talk about my vegetarianism, you won't hear me comment on the Iraq war. You'll only hear me talk about being gay and being an actor. I am just public on those two issues.
You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it; but let all you tell be truth.
Why do you tell me... so much?" Luthe considered her. "I tell you... some you need to know, and some you have earned the right to know, and some it won't hurt you to know--" He stopped.... "Some things I tell you only because I wish to tell them to you.
Do we have to confess our loves to everyone?" asked Thorne softly. "Can we not keep some secrets?
Caution is crediting, and reserve in speaking, and in revealing one's self to but very few, are the best securities both of a good understanding with the world, and of the inward peace of our own minds.
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
It's not necessary to tell all you know.
A man must not always tell all, for that be folly; but what a man says should be what he thinks.
Luckily, I have the kind of personality where I am extremely private. I don't really like to tell everyone my business. I'd much rather people wonder or not know.
Because I come from the place of interviewing, I know how to answer a question giving you what you need to hear and not a minute more.
I don't like to talk about things till someone asks about them.
As a writer, as a creator, I'm giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain't got to pry beyond that.
