The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to moment.
Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.
I hate thinking about it, teaching about it, and writing about it. But the plain truth is that hell is real and real people go there for eternity.
After 'The Poisonwood Bible' was published, several people believed that my parents were missionaries, which could not be further from the truth.
I've always been very direct and have told the truth and have been very willing to stand up and speak out.
Truth be told, most financial television bores me. Two or more people discussing the latest economic trends or hot stocks is not especially entertaining.
I think people must wonder how a white girl like me became a blues guitarist. The truth is, I never intended to do this for a living.
Fame is what you have taken, character is what you give; when to this truth you waken then you begin to live.
All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.
I speak truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more, as I grown older.
Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
American Idol' is a $900 million-a-year corporation. When you are dealing with that, you can't come off with lies - it's either the truth or nothing.
Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.
I look at scripts really for whether they can be moving or penetrate some kind of truth. You are constantly chasing that feeling as an actor when every part of a production comes together.
Most people do surprisingly poorly when dealing with a relative who is hurting, depressed, or anxious - we get defensive and try to solve the problem rather than finding the truth in what the person is saying.
Every sentence has a truth waiting at the end of it and the writer learns how to know it when he finally gets there.
The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
I perceive two things in Scotland of the most fearful omen: ignorance of theological truth, and a readiness to pride themselves in and boast of it.
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
