--- title: "1 Honest Write Quotes By Max Bemis" description: "1 Honest Write quotes by Max Bemis. Plus more from Max Bemis and more Honest Write sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/max-bemis-32228_ambition_cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anythi_91321.jpg" --- > [Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just be honest and write from the heart almost to an awkward degree, at least that's what works for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anything-that-you-aren-t-have/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/max-bemis-32228_ambition_cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anythi_91321.jpg) ## More by Max Bemis > [Cut the crap. Just don't try to be anything that you aren't, have ambition but when it comes to lyrics especially just be honest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/cut-the-crap-just-don-t-try-to-be-anything-that-you-aren-t-have/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [It's healthy for a band to become slightly less relevant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/it-s-healthy-for-a-band-to-become-slightly-less-relevant/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [There is that small chance I’ll get what I want; to be someone to relate to for anyone who is as alienated, awkward, spastic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/there-is-that-small-chance-i-ll-get-what-i-want-to-be-someone-to/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [In comics, the writer is also the director in a certain way. So if this were a film, you wouldn't tell the cinematographer to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/in-comics-the-writer-is-also-the-director-in-a-certain-way-so-if-this/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [I'm living a life until I die so there will be no shortage of things to sing about.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/i-m-living-a-life-until-i-die-so-there-will-be-no-shortage-of-things/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [Don't be afraid to put anything on paper because the best art has some element of danger to it and if you hold back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/don-t-be-afraid-to-put-anything-on-paper-because-the-best-art-has/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [My marriage is the most important thing in my life, but in a weird way I'm able to focus on other things more clearly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/my-marriage-is-the-most-important-thing-in-my-life-but-in-a-weird-way/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [I'm sort of religious, actually. God can be interpreted many ways, I think. If others were more open-minded about what god can be, instead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/i-m-sort-of-religious-actually-god-can-be-interpreted-many-ways-i/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [Try to overcome your doubt. Believe you are beautiful. Look at yourself through someone else's green eyes. Believe someone out there will find you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/try-to-overcome-your-doubt-believe-you-are-beautiful-look-at-yourself/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [I used to download a lot of music, and I understand it in this economy, but personally I buy my music. It feels good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/i-used-to-download-a-lot-of-music-and-i-understand-it-in-this-economy/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [You have to compensate for the luck thing by working as hard as you can and doing the very best you can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/you-have-to-compensate-for-the-luck-thing-by-working-as-hard-as-you/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [Don't decide that you're going to be a writer or musician and just expect it to happen because it's a big gamble and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/don-t-decide-that-you-re-going-to-be-a-writer-or-musician-and-just/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [My grandparents are holocaust survivors so I was really aware at a young age how horrible human beings can be to one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/my-grandparents-are-holocaust-survivors-so-i-was-really-aware-at-a/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [I think life awards you if have your priorities in the right place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/i-think-life-awards-you-if-have-your-priorities-in-the-right-place/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) > [I like to play music that people can feel deeply but it's also interesting to listen to - a nice balance between cathartic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-bemis/i-like-to-play-music-that-people-can-feel-deeply-but-it-s-also/) [Max Bemis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-bemis/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/honest-write/max-bemis/#itemlist", "name": "1 Honest Write Quotes By Max Bemis", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Cut the crap. 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