Quotes About Expression

When you are developing a character you have to bring so much of yourself to the role.

I think that once you start writing songs, you start developing a library of ideas that you can go and take from, so it gets easier as you go.

I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.

I always wrote. I wrote every day. I don't think I could have written 'Just Kids' had I not spent all of the '80s developing my craft as a writer.

My identity started developing through the songs I was writing.

In the back of my mind, when we were developing 'Next to Normal,' I always heard Alice Ripley.

It's an experience to actually be a part of developing a character on the go. Everyone should go through this once in their lifetime.

Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

Feelings are at the basis of all ideas. First you have feelings, and then, through those sensations, it develops into ideas.

I've never seen the devil create music.

Rock n' roll is the Devil's music.

When I do music, I'm really getting the devil up off me.

I always wanted to devote a certain part of my life to dance - my true being is to be a dancer.

This diagnosis can be done in about two lines. It doesn't engage anybody.

Each dancer has a different dialect that they speak.

When the public doesn't understand me, it's a battle. So when I choose words, I choose them for their musicality, rhythm, and sense, and I choose the right dialect to express that.

I just love dialects; they're really fun.

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

The most real dialogue for me is when I am alone, writing.

That's what art is about: to create dialogue. Everybody deserves to have their own opinion.

With dialogue, people say a lot of things they don't mean. I like dialogue when it's used in a way when the body language says the complete opposite. But I love great dialogue... I think expositional dialogue is quite crass and not like real life.

I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.

I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.

I like a lot of good dialogue if it is well-acted.