“Truthfulness so often goes with ruthlessness. ”
“There is a ruthlessness to the creative act. It often involves a betrayal of the status quo.”
“Truth is so often disconcerting.”
“You young people are always so obsessed with truth. The truth is often overrated.”
“There is nothing so powerful as truth - and often nothing so strange.”
“The truth knocks on the door and you say, "Go away, I'm looking for the truth," and so it goes away. Puzzling.”