Quotes About Expression

I quote my soul I quote my heart But sometimes I just quote the wine.

The only cure for writer's block is insomnia.

My life's entwined by curly quote marks Clever phrases and profound remarks....

When you dance to your own rhythm, Life taps its toes to your beat.

If I fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don't remove it — I might be writing in my dreams.

Journal: fitting your heart and soul into ruled lines.

Invisible tears are the hardest to wipe away. Just let it out, my friend.

Grammar stops at love, and at art.

Some authors write with a grave ink, of a dramatic pen dipped into their dark souls.

A sold poem loses half its meaning.

I like the snot to run a little, the tears to accumulate a bit before reaching for the handkerchief. Then I know I'm really crying. Crying just isn't crying unless it's messy.

Ink surrounds me all the time On my bed sheets, recorded in rhyme Quills 'ever scribbling in my head Sometimes damnit I forget what they said. Ink has settled into my fingerprints But to keep the words I fear to rinse...

If you are happy, go skipping. If you are sad, go skipping!

An artist must be careful not to throw his ideas out with the trash.

Next time you're mad, try dancing out your anger.

To me, novels are just quotations with a bunch of filler.

Your prayer can be poetry, and poetry can be your prayer.

If you've got a poem within you today, I can guarantee you a tomorrow.

It is of course possible to dance a prayer.

When painting, an artist must take care not to trap his soul in the canvas.

Although I've written a few (a very few) poems over the years, I am not a natural poet...and I remain in awe of people who are. The ability to evoke deep emotion, reveal a new facet of the world, or condense an entire story into the limited space and form of a poem (or likewise, of a good song lyric, or the text for a children's picture book) seems like pure magic to me.

I find myself most drawn to: art that has arisen from a deeply personal conversation between the artist and the work at hand. It is art that walks perilously close to the Edge, that crosses the river of blood into Faerie, that flies so high it is scorched by the sun, and then returns to tell the tale to us. It is art that needed to be written, or painted, or sung, or woven, or otherwise shaped. It is art gifted by the Mystery to the maker...and then, in turn, gifted to us .

Don't be afraid to be weird, don't be afraid to be different, don't worry too much about what other people think. Whatever it is that's original in you and your work might sometimes make you feel uncomfortable. That probably means you're on the right track, so just keep going. Dare to be foolish.

I'm against people reading statements. When you read a statement, I automatically take it as though you can't talk, and it's not real.