“I have only hated men at those moments when I realized that I was doing all the giving and they the taking. At least when I was a prostitute, it was all honest and upfront.” MenGivingMomentsHonestI RealizedHated Author:Xaviera Hollander
“When I came overseas, I realized that there are many ideologies and many trends, and it's also very hard to produce honest art and honest literature. I decided that I didn't want to follow any of these ideologies or trends, because that's also a kind of pressure that doesn't allow absolute freedom. So I decided that I was only going to produce works that were satisfactory to me, and that meant not following any trends and being anti-ideological.” WantKindArtHardLiteratureHonestProduceDecidedAbsolutesPressureFollowingI RealizedIdeologyTrendsIdeologicalAbsolute Freedom Author:Gao Xingjian
“To be honest, I didn't have any expectations. I really didn't know what to expect. What I was most nervous about was the repetition of doing it over and over and over again. Does that get stale? How do you keep it fresh? Then I realized it's always new because you get to keep playing the next moment.” KnowsDoeMomentsNextHonestExpectationsI RealizedNervousBeing HonestRepetitionStale Author:Taissa Farmiga
“I went and studied graphic design, because it seemed to me that advertising is more honest - the image actually has a function. But once I started on that, I realized that was really boring.” HonestDesignFunctionBoringI RealizedAdvertisingGraphicGraphic Design Author:Brian Froud
“I realized I was never going to have any peace with myself unless I made an honest stab at trying to write.” WritingTryingMadeHonestI Realized Author:Ben Fountain