be believable
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To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.
American traditions and the American ethic require us to be truthful, but the most important reason is that truth is the best propaganda and lies are the worst. To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; to be credible we must be truthful. It is as simple as that.
My secrets must be poetic to be believable.
It's such a challenge to play a good guy - it's hard to be believable.
Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.
Comedy is exaggerated realism. It can be stretched to the almost ludicrous, but it must always be believable.