Authenticity Quotes

"I exist as I am, and that is enough." "I do not trouble my spirit to vindicate itself or be understood." "It is my belief that the truth is generally preferable to lies " "Be true to your work, your word, and your friend " "Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks " "Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others." "Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves." "I am not interested in being liked." "When you got the personality, you don't need the nudity." "Surely what a man does when he is taken off his guard is the best evidence for what sort of man he is?" "I've always believed that I could make a difference. I would try to be a good influence, but that doesn't mean conforming and being a boy scout" "Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means." "Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore." "At least embarrassment is not an imitation. It is intimacy for beginners." "Because life’s too short to blush, I keep my blood tucked in."