"Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They……" — John Metcalf
"Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate."
More Accurate Quotes
- All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. — Richard Avedon
- In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate. — Michelle Bachelet
- Numbers are the product of counting. Quantities are the product of measurement. This means that numbers can conceivably be accurate… — Gregory Bateson
- To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine. — Max Beerbohm
- An accurate knowledge of the past of a country is necessary for everyone who would understand its present, and who… — Annie Besant
- I move on stage differently. The more you act, anyway, the more you live, your perception of life becomes more… — Juliette Binoche
- Trust in yourself. Your perceptions are often far more accurate than you are willing to believe. — Claudia Black
- Simply stated, the need for accurate intelligence and prescient analysis from CIA has never been greater than it is in… — John O. Brennan
- Americans need accurate information in order to consider Social Security reform. Too bad the media can't be counted upon to… — Herman Cain
- My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate. — Alastair Campbell
- Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- I try never to focus on the radio, just find great songs, find emotion and just write the best songs… — Gary Allan