Quotes About Expression

Very seldom do I use white in my books.

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self.

When you write, you write out of your best self. Everything else drops away.

A lot of times when you're acting, you're no longer talking and listening; you're going at it for your own self.

You know, you do have a self-awareness as an actor.

To me, great writing - and when you can really make something wonderful out of it as an actor - is when your character has a sense of self-awareness. It doesn't necessarily have to arc. It doesn't have to grow.

I don't believe in political self-censorship.

If I had been more self-conscious about being a woman, it would have stifled me.

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

I try not to think too much about what the audience is thinking and what they think I should do. I'd be self-conscious if I did. Anyone becomes mannered if you think too much about what other people think.

I'm already really aware and self-conscious of my accent.

Not being as self-contained as men, we need to share things: It's almost as though you only know what you feel about things after you share them with a woman.

It is very easy to make an art film. They are an exercise in self-deception.

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

I'm a bit of a strange human being - I love to work. I love art. I love self-expression.

People are really seeing that drag is an art form, that it's so much more than self-expression.

I think everyone should be creative in some way, otherwise you have no self-respect. That's why I believe in women working.

It turns out I do okay just playing an angry self-righteous woman.

I got my style. I got my own way of playing. I'm a musician. I'm self-taught.

Maybe I'm too selfish to just be a producer. Also, I feel like I have something to say that's interesting or unique.

I pretty much started going more towards the singing route when I came out with the song 'Selfish.'

The reason I'm a writer is to understand other people and myself more. The reason I'm a writer is to dramatize stories about human beings so that it improves my life. So that's a very selfish thing.

When you first sit down to write songs, you have to be selfish.

I don't buy art just to make artists happy any more than I want to make them sad if I sell their work.