Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
If most writers are honest with themselves, this is the difference they want to make: before, they were not noticed; now they are.
I think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other.
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
I think there's a form of honesty, because I used to be very honest with the press, and then it backfired on me, and I understood it.
This is a cliche, but in fiction, I feel it is easier for me to get to some sort of truth, some kind of more honest writing.
Honesty is seldom ingratiating and often discomfiting.
One can be absolutely truthful and sincere even though admittedly the most outrageous liar. Fiction and invention are of the very fabric of life.
It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.
Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.
I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir.