What is Dennis Really Like?
1 Feb 2026 · 2 min
1:45
People judge whether someone is trustworthy by watching small details, like how they sign a book. When people ask
People judge whether someone is trustworthy by watching small details, like how they sign a book. When people ask
Very often people will say, when I sign, let's say, one of my books, they'll say, oh wow, yeah, you really do use a fountain pen. Now, what are they saying when they say that? This is what I think they're saying. You're, you really, you really are honest. You are telling us the truth when you mention that. What else can it mean? You really do— maybe I am wrong, maybe I am reading into it. It would be interesting to have people react. But the reason that I say this is to make that point that people do not know whom to trust is, for example, a lot of people will tell me who work with me or are in my life in other ways that when they mention my name, one of the first questions they get is, what is he really like? And by the way, these are all totally legitimate reactions. The fountain pen, or what is he really like? But it all emanates from, is somebody really trustworthy? It's revelatory that people see people in public life and they really do wonder Are they for real?
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