A Quote by Robert A. Heinlein

Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful. — © Robert A. Heinlein
Autobiography is usually honest but it is never truthful.
I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography.
When an acting teacher tells a student 'that wasn't honest work' or 'that didn't seem real,' what does this mean? In life, we are rarely 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. And characters in plays are almost never 'truthful' or 'honest' or 'real'. What exactly do teachers even mean by these words? A more useful question is: What is the story the actor was telling in their work? An actor is always telling a story. We all are telling stories, all the time. Story: that is what it is all about.
Being truthful - that's what I admire the most in people. That's about it. As long as people are honest. Honest to themselves as well - more than anything else.
Every song that has been a hit for me has been honest and truthful. I have to believe that same formula will work on this (television) show. It has to be believable and honest.
there is no truly honest autobiography.
I tried to give my best and truthful answer to any committee I have appeared before and it's really - people are suggesting through innuendo that I have been not honest about matters and I've tried to be honest.
Be dignified, honest and truthful.
My grandfather started his autobiography before he died; he never finished it. I would like to finish his autobiography because I finished mine.
To be honest and truthful in all endeavours is an experience, not a regret
Humility is all about being truthful and honest.
Yes, one uses what one knows, but autobiography means something else. I should never be able to write a real autobiography; I always end by falsifying and fictionalizing—I’m a liar, in fact. That means I’m a novelist, after all. I write about what I know.
We have to be honest, we have to be truthful and speak to the one dirty secret in American life, and that is racism.
Its important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.
It's important to be honest and truthful with your constituents. At the end of the day, we represent them.
I'm okay if everything is honest and truthful and relatable. If it's fabricated and ill-motived, it's not good.
Sometimes, I have to really monitor myself, but the only monitoring job I really do on myself on stage is, Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Is this truthful? Ideally, I send it in a flow of truth.
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