As I found again and again as a writer, when you're completely honest about something, people respond to that.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I try to be very honest in my writing. It's amazing, though, to think that people are responding to what we do, but it's okay if they're responding in a positive way too, because I think just creating anything at all to put out there is a gift.
As a novelist, I ask of myself only that I tell the truth and that I tell it beautifully.
If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
I am honest; I speak the truth, and I sometimes probably go overboard and speak my mind.
I've always seen writing as a way of telling the truth. For me, writing is about truth. I have always tried to be faithful to my own experience.
I will say, with memoir, you must be honest. You must be truthful.
I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.
A writer's job is to tell the truth.
Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.