“If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.”

— Brandon Sanderson , Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

Source: Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians

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American fantasy writer 1975

Sherry Argov (1977) American writer

Variant: Don't believe what anyone tells you about yourself.
Source: Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart

“You cannot teach creativity—how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be.” Mario Vargas Llosa”

Mario Vargas Llosa (1936) Peruvian writer, politician, journalist, and essayist

“Propaganda is not French, it is not civilized to want other people to believe what you believe because the essence of being civilised is to possess yourself as you are, and if you possess yourself as you are you of course cannot possess any one else, it is not your business.”

Gertrude Stein book Paris France

Source: Paris France (1940), p. 56

“In a dojo… you will never become any good unless you believe in yourself.”

Jean-Claude Van Damme (1960) Belgian actor, martial artist, director

The Hollywood Dream: An Interview With Jean Claude Van Damme, Don Warrener, 2008-03-11 http://www.fightingarts.com/reading/article.php?id=226,

“You don't become what you want, you become what you believe.”

Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist

“I'm a legend in this sport. If you don't believe me, ask me.”

Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager

Misc.

“If you stumble about believability, what are you living for? Love is hard to believe, ask any lover. Life is hard to believe, ask any scientist. God is hard to believe, ask any believer. What is your problem with hard to believe?”

Yann Martel book Life of Pi

Source: Life of Pi

“If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself.”

Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher

Earliest attribution found in Who Said That?: More than 2,500 Usable Quotes and Illustrations https://books.google.nl/books?id=7mn8AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT63 (1995) by George Sweeting. Online sources always attribute the quote to Augustine, but never specify in which of his works it is to be found.
Disputed

“I'm only telling you on the truth," he said. "If you can't stand the truth, don't ask for it.”

Colum McCann book Let the Great World Spin

Source: Let the Great World Spin

“I do also have a couple of surprises -- which I can't tell you, because then it wouln't be a surprise. So, don't ask what the surprise is. I'm not going to tell you.”

Gloria Estefan (1957) Cuban-American singer-songwriter, actress and divorciada

comment at press conference for Februrary 9, 2007, fundraising gala benefit dinner at Gloria and Emilio Estefans' home on Star Island, near Miami, Florida (cbs4.com January 16, 2007)
2007, 2008

“If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then ask yourself this: would any decent, kind-hearted individual become a writer? Of course not.”

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