People ask what are my intentions with my films — my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it.
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Quotes tagged ‘Telling The Truth’
But why, why, why can’t people just say what they mean?
When a woman tells the truth she is creating the possibility for more truth around her.
Truth is like fire; to tell the truth means to glow and burn.
You want to know how two chemicals interact, do you ask them? No, they're going to lie through their lying little teeth. Throw them in a beaker and apply heat.
— Matt Witten, Peter Blake, Dr. Gregory House, Hugh Laurie, amazon.com
When people are telling the truth, they don’t feel doubted, so they don’t feel the need for additional support in the form of details. When people lie, however, even if what they say sounds credible to you, it doesn’t sound credible to them, so they keep talking.