Quotes About Expression

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to figure out what to say at the dinner table.

Coming back to Dinosaur Jr. and actually writing songs for the band was really intense for me.

I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have.

That's the whole thing about fashion: it's fantasy. To dip into that at 18 and 19 was amazing.

You cant be an artist without going to art school. Its impossible. Art schools like being plunged into a sheep dip that inoculates you against cliches. It gives you a sensibility you need to get into the art world.

I am a Kathak dancer, and have got an advanced diploma in it.

I'm not always the most diplomatic person.

And I try to be as diplomatic as I can, but it always ends up being a psychodrama up there on stage.

There are a lot of times when people are diplomatic about things, and I'm not that type. I'm not afraid to say exactly what I mean.

My characters are based on people I know, but not in a direct way.

It's not difficult for me to put my feelings into written form. I try to be concise and to go direct to the subject. This is what people like about my work, and what the critics hate.

It's not so much that I want to direct but that I have to. When I write something it terrifies me that if I give it to someone else and it doesn't turn out as it could have done, I'd feel as if I'd orphaned my baby.

I write a lot too, so I would like to write or direct in the future if I can.

There are a lot of women who direct in a way that is even more masculine sometimes than men - and that's not a bad thing, either.

Writing is always personal in some way but not always in a direct way.

It's kind of dangerous to cut in the camera, but that's the only way I know how to direct.

My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

I don't aspire to direct like many actors. I would aspire most likely to do some writing, but I haven't had a chance to do that.

I'd like to direct myself but I'm a cinephile and I also would like to just step behind the camera and be on the other end of making movies.

I don't act, I don't direct, I don't design.

ABBA was a direct influence on me.

I would really love to direct one day. I think there are certain actors who love the character and the performance and that's all they want to be a part of.

I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.

It is my passion to direct movies.