If there’s one theme in all my work, it’s about authenticity and self-expression. It’s the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you – or express what you and others aren’t. – Bernard Williams
What I like in comedies are really two things: stories that are character-driven and stories that are rooted in authenticity. – Alex Karpovsky
For us, as actors, and even for the director, it gave us a sense of authenticity to what we were doing because we were talking about Hollywood and we were in Hollywood. – Berenice Bejo
The most distinguishing element of my novels is that I try as hard as I can – within the context of a popular commercial thriller – to make them feel authentic. Drawing on real locations and real events is part of that authenticity. – Alex Berenson
The weaker the data available upon which to base one’s conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to give the data authenticity. – Norman Ralph Augustine
A good novel should be deeply unsettling – its satisfactions should come from its authenticity and its formal coherence. We must feel something crucial is at stake. – Dana Spiotta
I respond to authenticity and originality, and I’ve been a fan of Don Winslow’s ever since ‘The Power Of The Dog.’ – Chuck Hogan
I’m writing from a place of – a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from. – K’naan
I did vote Obama. But I’ve never believed in the authenticity of the two-party system. – Marilyn Manson
If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity. – Sara Shepard
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. – W. H. Auden
