Quotes About Expression

I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimised in the telling of your story and are you found, literally, like you matter, you exist in the telling of your story, but when you hear your story be told, you suddenly exist in community and with others.

And Hackman had really choked up when he was telling it. It was very moving.

It's not so much that I got that idea at some point, it came up naturally because of the improvisational nature of the story I was telling.

I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.

Forty is when you actually begin even deserving to be on stage telling people what you think.

Drawing a good picture is like telling a really good lie - the key is in the incidental detail.

It's dangerous when you start telling people they can't have an opinion on something. And, you know, you don't cancel someone, you engage with someone.

For me, I just want to continue telling stories - whether it's musically or theatrically, this is what I love to do. So, I want to create more.

I really think that movies are the most popular form of story telling ever and have such a huge impact on culture when they do. So I really want to be a part of those movies that say something good to a lot of people.

For me, growing-up music was always about telling stories.

I hate being manipulated by song. Don't tell me what I should be feeling. I don't want cellos or violins to be telling me that I should be bawling right now.

The secret sauce of the business that I can offer is my creativity, and in order to keep my creativity alive and fresh, I have to pretend that no one is watching the show, that there are no audiences, there are no ratings; I'm just telling a story.

You're telling the story, creating the sets, doing the lighting, the designing, and establishing the pace.

Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

I have lost stories and many starts of novels before. Not always as punishment for 'telling,' but more often as a result of something having gone cold and dead because of a hiatus. Telling, you see, is the same as a hiatus. It means you're not doing it.

I keep telling myself to calm down, to take less of an interest in things and not to get so excited, but I still care a lot about liberty, freedom of speech and expression, and fairness in journalism.

The stammer was a way of telling the world that he was not like others, a way of expressing his singularity.

If I had to compare myself to another artist, I wouldn't. I feel like my lyrics are really strong. I'm good at painting pictures and telling picture stories.

The only problems I've ever had with being honest is telling people how I feel about them or saying how I feel about other people.

My problem starts when I see that in a situation when the girl is telling her feeling, say crying or laughing, the song is sung by a male singer. Why?

I keep everything very simple. I like telling stories.

Honestly, there are so many things about structuring a story for film and telling a story for film that are really different from doing radio.

People should be allowed to roll out of bed and go to an interview; people shouldn't be telling you, 'You can't curse because it's not ladylike.' I don't believe in those standards.