Being Quote by J. G. Ballard

Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.

— John Metcalf

Even in fiction, I feel rigorous honesty applies. It doesn't apply to facts; it applies to what I think of as not telling emotional…

— Siri Hustvedt

I don't have much to say about honesty. All that I feel about it that people don't discuss as far as I know is…

— Marie Calloway

To me, truth is the big thing. Constantly you're writing something and you get to a place where your characters could go this way…

— Quentin Tarantino

Those who are brutally honest are seldom so with themselves.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Never feel bad about being honest, some people's truths are just not as pretty as they thought.

— Anonymous

The truth, or success, of any writer's story lies partly in its specificity and its emotional honesty.

— Gail Caldwell

Always been brutally honest. Some people don't like that because it's rare nowadays.

— Baker Mayfield

If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer.

— Primo Levi

Honesty is first chapter in the book of character.Being honest to self is the most cherished blessing.

— DrAnil Kr Sinha

I think "honest" sometimes gets used to describe a real depiction of real life. I don't think that's necessarily what we're doing. We created…

— Paul Rust

True honesty is the willingness to stand completely exposed, allowing the world to do what it may, and say what it will, only so…

— Matthew Kahn