I think Quote by Christopher Priest Download Open image “I think every writer is in search of the truth. We are trying to psychoanalyze ourselves.” — Christopher Priest ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare I think Search Think Truth Trying Writing
The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty. — Gail Caldwell Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
I think people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or ministers or sociologists. A writer's job, is to, by way of fiction, somehow describe the way we live. And to me, this seems an important task, very worth doing, and I think also, to the reading public, it… — John Updike Copy Share
“We do not like the truth because it is simple, we do not want the truth because it is hard, and we do not trust the truth because it is free. Perhaps because many are idealists and publishing is so frustrating, writers are particularly vulnerable to believing in those who offer hope in exchange for cash. Writers know life is… — Pat Walsh Copy Share
Fiction writers, at least in their braver moments, do desire the truth: to know it, speak it, serve it. But they go about it in a peculiar and devious way, which consists in inventing persons, places, and events which never did and never will exist or occur, and telling about these fictions in detail and at length and with a… — Anonymous Copy Share
“All they're trying to do is tell you what they're like, and what you're like—what's going on—what the weather is now, today, this moment, the rain, the sunlight, look! Open your eyes; listen, listen. That is what the novelists say. But they don't tell you what you will see and hear. All they can tell you is what they have… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share
“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.” — Anthony Marais Copy Share Image
“We fiction writers are a brazen lot, are we not? For we, in our passion, embrace just enough truth to consecrate our delicately contrived… — Val Edward Simone Copy Share Image
What we search for in fiction is not so much reality, but the epiphany of truth. — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
I think that is one of the things that is beautiful about fiction and that you can do through drama. If I was a… — Liza Johnson Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'Black Panther,' on one level, I was angry because DC would never let me write 'Batman,' so I was doing… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
What makes a good villain is someone who doesn't just challenge the hero but comes organically out of that character's history and circumstances. — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
“An illusion has three stages. "First there is the setup, in which the nature of what might be attempted at is hinted at, or… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
Deathstroke is the dark-mirror version of Batman, basically. He is every bit as resourceful, every bit as ruthless, every bit as powerful as Batman. — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
“Magicians protect their secrets not because the secrets are large and important, but because they are so small and trivial. The wonderful effects created… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I think everybody wants to feel validated in some way, and when you're looking for leisure activities or if you're looking for escapism or… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
Writing 'Deathstroke' presents a number of challenges to me. As a Christian, as a minister, it's difficult for me to write a comic book… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
'Deathstroke' became an interesting challenge - not just because of his ethnicity, but because he's a villain. I've never written a villain as a… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
If you could access 90 percent of your brain, you'd be Charles Xavier. — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
“Cutter: Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary:… — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I think, personally, nothing comes from violence other than more violence. — Christopher Priest Copy Share Image
I don't think there's a direct correlation between my sexuality and my skiing ability. But I think because I was so concerned about it… — Gus Kenworthy Copy Share Image
I'm not here trying to convince anybody to vote for Donald Trump. I think every Christian needs to make up his own mind about… — Robert Jeffress Copy Share Image
I think you can get, as a player, stuck in the mindset of trying too hard to prove yourself. — Trinity Rodman Copy Share Image
I love casting against type and doing things you wouldn't expect, because I think you get more interesting performances that way. Hollywood loves to… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
I don't crave applause. I'm not one of those guys who comes alive on stage. I'm much more alive at home, I think. — David Bowie Copy Share Image
William Maxwell's my favorite North American writer, I think. And an Irish writer who used to write for 'The New Yorker' called Maeve Brennan,… — Alice Munro Copy Share Image
I think I am against stereotype. Generally, Asian guys are more quiet - they study and have a good work ethic. Generally, I have… — Bobby Lee Copy Share Image
I thought I fought a really good Orlando Salido. I never let him get into his fight. I knew what I needed to do… — Mikey Garcia Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image