"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."

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"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"Even from the point of view of coquetry, pure and simple," he had told her, "can't you see how much of your attraction you throw away when you stoop to lying?"

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding."

Veronica Roth, American Author

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"It is so unkind--' 'Perhaps. But sometimes a compulsion comes over one to speak the truth!"

Agatha Christie, English Writer

Honesty, Truth, Emotion, Desire

"Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth."

Jodi Picoult, American Novelist

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"Don't. Don't let's pretend when there's no one around."

Suzanne Collins, American Novelist

Honesty, Truth, Social, Privacy

"It is far better to know the painful truth than to live with a kindly falsehood."

Lois Greiman, American Author

Honesty, Truth, Pain, Reality

"I am not good at deception,' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right,' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"If they substituted the word 'Lust' for 'Love' in the popular songs it would come nearer the truth."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

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"All faults may be forgiven of him who has perfect candor."

"My past conduct was so transparent and so honest that when my enemies spread rumours about me nobody believed them."

"Even from the point of view of coquetry, pure and simple," he had told her, "can't you see how much of your attraction you throw away when you stoop to lying?"

"I thought that when I spilled one secret, the rest would come tumbling after, but openness is a habit you form over time, and not a switch you flip whenever you want to, I'm finding."

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"I was born first to music. But I went into acting because my father knew so much about music he intimidated me. So, I picked an art form, he knew nothing about. So I could be my own man."

"I've become so earthy. And I never was earthy. I'm doing all kinds of different roles which are not at all like the intellectual and the legal mind of Ben Stone."

"If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that... that's part of the gift God gave us. That's what makes life exciting. We're pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination."

"Life is best when you are in love."

"When I got political that blew our marriage out of the water. I was not the same person and I admit that."

"Anything well written with good language and clarity and honesty is worth doing. It comes out of the same tradition as Shakespeare."