“I know that I need honesty from the people I interview. I also know that the truth is more interesting than made up stuff, and also, people don't connect with you if you're not honest.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsMadeStuffInterestingHonestHonestyTruth IsInterviewsNot Honest Author:Neil Strauss
“Ive heard some people say that Im selling out, but Im not. If I hadnt done Black Radio, and just kept on doing just piano trio stuff, I wouldnt be honest with myself; Id be doing it to please other people. That would be selling out.” PeopleIfsDoneWould BeStuffBlackHeardHonestPleaseRadioSellingBeing HonestPianoSelling OutTrios Author:Robert Glasper
“My mom and I are very honest with each other, almost to a fault. But that's just the way I am in life. If you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.” PeopleIfsWaySongStuffRecordsHonestStupidMomNormalFaultsMy MomPopsPop Song Author:Kesha
“I don't like doing action movies. They're not that interesting... it's fun to do the physical element but the really fun stuff, like running into exploding buildings, they won't let you do. There's too much money riding on you not getting hurt. But yes, there's something exhilarating in just sitting on a beach with somebody having a real conversation. There's something exhilarating about being open and honest.” RealRunningActionFunStuffHurtInterestingToo MuchHonestBuildingConversationElementsSittingBeachRidingExhilaratingAction MovieExplodingGetting HurtFun StuffReal Conversation Author:Channing Tatum
“I just always stay honest with myself. All my stuff isn't boastful, but some of it is. But that's just the music, the art.” ArtStuffHonest Author:Big Sean
“I talk about stuff like my Blackberry, Lost, the internet, music, etc. so I guess that leads to the "nerd" moniker. But I don't get it that much to be honest. I guess its better than being labeled a "racist" comedian.” LostStuffHonestInternetBeing HonestComedianEtcRacistNerdBlackberries Author:Aziz Ansari
“Nobody wants to read about the honest lawyer down the street who does real estate loans and wills. If you want to sell books, you have to write about the interesting lawyers - the guys who steal all the money and take off. That's the fun stuff.” IfsWantWritingDoeBookRealGuyFunStuffInterestingStreetsHonestSellsLawyerStealingEstatesLoanFun Stuff Author:John Grisham
“As a kid, I liked the 'Halloween' movies and 'Nightmare On Elm Street' and all that kind of stuff. But as an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest.” KindKidsStuffWatchesStreetsHonestHorrorAdultsBeing HonestNightmareHalloweenNightmare On Elm Street Author:Corey Feldman
“As an adult, I really don't watch much horror, to be honest. I mean, I like a good thrill. Thrillers are my favorite. I like stuff that keeps you on the edge of your seat or maybe makes you jump. But what I don't like is the gore. I don't like gratuitous violence and killing and all that kind of stuff. So it's kind of an interesting paradox.” KindMeanStuffInterestingWatchesViolenceHonestHorrorAdultsKillingMy FavoriteEdgesBeing HonestSeatsParadoxThrillGoreThrillers Author:Corey Feldman
“We're into tech stuff, gadgets, phones, video games. We'll treat a video game premiere like a movie premiere. I'm just going to be honest with what I like and what I do. What I enjoy. We're not going to hide the fact that people are on the Internet all day. I think a lot of shows don't really mention that.” PeopleThinkingFactsShowsGamesStuffEnjoyHonestInternetTreatsPhonesVideoBeing HonestGadgetsPremieres Author:Jimmy Fallon
“One thing that I'm really interested in is the kind of esoteric detail that surrounds these great figures. And Wikipedia is full of that kind of stuff, whether it's true or untrue. It staggers me: why, in the short space assigned to a person or an event, that kind of random information is there. To be honest, that's wonderful fuel for songwriting.” KindPersonsStuffSpaceWonderfulOne ThingHonestEventsFiguresInformationDetailsBeing HonestFuelSongwritingSurroundUntrueEsotericWikipedia Author:Nick Cave
“No matter what character your play. I feel like whenever anyone is honest and whole and well-written, you're going to be able to connect to that person because we're all kinda made up of the same stuff and I think that's always one of the really powerful things about approaching each individual character and role and film.” ThinkingFeelsWellsPersonsMadeMatterPlayWholeCharacterAbleFilmIndividualStuffPowerfulRolesWrittenHonestNo Matter WhatAll KindsWell WrittenReally Powerful Author:Ellen Page
“If I could summarize my suggestions to parents over the past twenty-five years it would be: worry less, criticize less, preach less, listen more, have more fun, be more honest with your own feelings, develop your own joys and friendships, and don't sweat the small stuff (which is nearly everything). The goal is not to be a perfect parent, because no such thing exists. The hope is to be a good enough parent so that your child leaves home a responsible adult who can take care of him or herself.” IfsYearsChildrenEnoughFeelingsHomeWould BeCarePastJoyFunStuffParentGoalPerfectWorryFiveHonestAdultsTwentiesResponsibleOur ChildrenTake CareYour ChildrenFive YearsIf I CouldCriticizeGood EnoughSweatSuggestionsOver The PastTwenty FiveSmall StuffSweat The Small StuffWorry LessPerfect Parents Author:Charlotte Sophia Kasl
“Only a handful of people are honest when they sing. A lot of people sing about very vague things, or they'll sing about someone breaking up with them, but a lot of people don't go too deep into their past and stuff, because they don't want it to be let out. I just do it anyway.” PeopleWantPastStuffHonestVagueHandfulJust Do ItToo Deep Author:Ronnie Radke
“I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'” ThinkingFeelsKindJoyGuyStuffDarkGriefDarknessHonestNosesDescentUpbeatRequiem Author:Andre Dubus
“There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written - but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet?” IfsWritingYearsBelieveLongI CanWarAgeStuffViewsWrittenHonestFieldsSeriousInternetStandingHolesBeing HonestThese DaysGenreFlamesSignificanceCategoriesSci FiEstablishmentMainstreamShelvesBricksTagFadingPigeonsBookshopsMortarBricks And Mortar Author:Charles Stross
“You know, I gotta be honest. I have not done a lot of CGI work. I just haven't. I mean, there were hundreds of effects in Watchmen, and I probably dealt with almost none of them, because all my stuff was very practical.” KnowsMeanDoneStuffEffectsHonestHavensPracticalsBeing HonestCgi Author:Patrick Wilson
“I don't lie. I would never stuff my bra because it's going to come off and the truth is going to be revealed. I don't like that padding. I try to be completely - if not brutally - honest.” IfsTryingLyingStuffHonestTruth IsBrasDon't LieBrutally HonestI Don't Lie Author:Diane Lane
“The more I think about our species the more I think we just do stuff and make up explanations later when asked. But it's not true that I would rather write than read. I would rather read than write. To be honest I would rather hang upside down in a bucket than write.” ThinkingWritingStuffHonestSpeciesBeing HonestExplanationUpside DownBuckets Author:Douglas Adams
“I say what's in my head, and I'm on honest ground. That is worth so much, and I think it does make my job, as a writer, easier. It makes it possible for me to give people stuff that they like.” PeopleThinkingGivingDoeJobsStuffHonestEasier Author:Dan Harmon
“I just tried to come up with some honest songs. What I was writing about was real plain stuff that I wasn't sure was going to be interesting to other people. But I guess it was.” PeopleWritingRealSongStuffInterestingHonestCome UpSongwritingSongwritersWriting Songs Author:John Prine
“Property is my major investment. My accountant has put money into various long-term savings arrangements. To be honest, I am a bit vague about all that stuff.” LongStuffBitsTermHonestMajorsPropertyInvestmentVariousSavingBeing HonestLong TermArrangementsVagueSavingsAccountants Author:Anne Robinson
“A lot of individuals I've met that I've done a song or two with. But to be honest I'm not incredibly familiar with the scene. I mean, I'm more familiar with people coming from other countries like Latin-American MCs and African rappers... that type of stuff I'm really starting to get a hold on.” PeopleMeanTwoCountryDoneSongIndividualStuffHonestTypeMetsSceneStartingFamiliarBeing HonestLatinRapperOther CountriesLatin American Author:Immortal Technique
“I guess I don't really know any other way to do it, it just feels like the natural way to do things for me. Like - if I'm writing a song - it has to have some sort of value. Or it only has some kind of value to me, if it's something really personal. It has to mean something to me. I guess it is a little uncomfortable, or it's a little embarrassing sometimes, to know that stuff that honest is out there. But, when I hand off the thing, when it's totally done and mastered and sent, I kinda feel like it doesn't belong to me anymore.” IfsKnowsWayFeelsWritingKindMeanLittlesSometimesDoneHandsValuesSongStuffNaturalHonestUncomfortableEmbarrassing Author:Panda Bear
“Its funny because when I did feel like I came out and I just felt like I was being truthful to myself, (it was at) that point I became very successful. So you know, it took a true kind of facing that truth of myself and being honest, that was when the real kind of fame or whatever that kind of stuff happened for me.” KnowsFeelsKindRealFeltStuffSuccessfulHappenedHonestFameBeing HonestTruthfulBeing Truthful Author:Margaret Cho
“It takes an honest look to observe our selves without judgment, and then to do something about it. Observing without judgment is the practice of yoga. Doing something about it is the stuff that makes up your life.” LooksSelfStuffPracticeHonestJudgmentYogaObserving Author:Tara Stiles
“I know this is obviously biased as well, but in my Twitter feed, on my Facebook, 90 percent are gushing, glowing, "Thank you for doing that" - type of reviews. "It's ballsy, it's honest, it's hilarious" - that kind of stuff. Obviously those are fans.” KnowsWellsKindStuffFansHonestTypePercentReviewsGlowingBiased Author:David Cross
“I'm very upfront and very honest. I don't let a bunch of stuff fester and boil over.” StuffHonestBunch Author:Dolly Parton
“Hillary Clinton cannot be honest, in a nationwide campaign, about what she's gonna do. She wouldn't get 30% of the vote, maybe 40, if she did. Just like Obama didn't. Obama didn't campaign on 90% of the stuff that he ended up doing. Quite the opposite, in fact.” IfsFactsStuffHonestOppositesVoteClintonCampaignsBeing Honest Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The problem that we have in America now is, some people only see the positive stuff and wave off the toxic stuff, and some people only see the toxic stuff and wave off the positive stuff. You can't have an honest conversation.” PeopleProblemAmericaStuffHonestConversationWaveToxic Author:Van Jones