Quotes About Expression

To make something look real and alive, nothing can be symmetrical because nothing in real life is symmetrical. You have to make it look organic.

I grew up doing musicals. I've done so many musicals in my life, I kind of got them out of my system. But, I certainly would be open to them. Rocky Horror Show is a big favorite of mine.

You and you alone are the only person that can live the life that writes the story that you were meant to tell. And the world needs your story because the world needs your voice.

The secret of life was Breath. That was what I always wanted my words to do, to Breathe.

The creative person finds himself in a state of turmoil, restlessness, emptiness, and unbearable frustration unless he expresses his inner life in some creative way.

Ultimately a life message shouts more clearly and loudly than a brand message. Your image may communicate an outward brand, but your life shouts the real inner message.

For a long time I heard rap without paying attention, but it is still a way of life, even when you're a kid.

Life is not all high emotion. Some of the most interesting things are when its not highly emotional: little details of relationships and body language.

It is through creating, not possessing, that life is revealed.

My life, my reading, everything about me revolves around the cinema. So for me, cinema is life, and vice-versa.

Art is the child of imagination and gives life.

I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.

Music is the soundtrack of your life.

My boxes are life's experiences aesthetically expressed.

Time, which is your enemy in almost everything in this life, is your friend in writing.

Our stories come from our lives and from the playwright's pen, the mind of the actor, the roles we create, the artistry of life itself and the quest for peace.

It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.

Feeling good about your life, but not expressing a heartfelt 'thank you,' is like wrapping a gift for someone and never giving it to them.

To express the emotions of life is to live. To express the life of emotions is to make art.

Everybody uses mime and gesture in real life, though we don't realize it. It's very useful as a performance technique, though it can be boring to watch on its own.

I realized I was tired of singing about trees and flowers. I wanted to sing about real life. From then on, nobody could tell me anything was better than blues.

Step out from behind the words. When you're a writer you can imagine that the words speak for you and are you, but they're not. You are this living breathing bad hair day kind of person.

I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.