Being honest with the public is how they respect you.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think people respect honesty rather than hiding it.
The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.
When you're an outsider, you don't have loyalties to anyone, so you can be cruelly honest if need be. The more you get inside, the more you are involved in polite networks of professional coercion that make people less honest.
I'm not asking the public to trust me; I'm asking the public to trust themselves.
I've always had a lot of respect from the people I respected.
It's easy to be taken advantage of if you're not honest.
I think I have come to a place where I'm able to feel more comfortable about being honest.
As a public figure, you deserve to be treated fairly.
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.