Quotes About Expression

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

Sometimes we'd just play acoustic guitar and try out the parts and make a library. We'd use a double cassette player and make little edits.

As an author, you hope for a director and a cast that will make something wonderful out of your book.

When you cast, you can't cast only visually; you have to cast emotionally, too.

I think with animation there's a certain freedom that you're given. You don't have a thought at the back of your mind, that worry that you'll have to cut and go back to the top of the scene. You're not working with anyone else from the cast. It's just you.

I don't like the sterility of the casting office.

We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don't really tell the actors - the actors tell us.

Writing is my main interest; it is where my heart is. I always want to continue writing. Apart from that, I enjoy casting and hopefully want to direct too.

I like to be the best version of myself. I really love to dress well, even for a casual family get-together. In fact, before I go to bed, I imagine what I'll wear the next day!

What's the big deal if I dress casually and dance in my backyard.

That's one of my favorite Matador records: Cat Power, 'You Are Free.'

I just want to leave this world with a massive catalog of songs.

I love the idea of a website/blog being a catalyst for propelling people out into the world, and I enjoy it most when people write me to say that their world looked or smelled or felt a little different because of something that I wrote.

A lot of times, I don't feel responsible for the songs myself. But that's my job or my place in life: to keep my search and catch the ideas before they pass me by.

I am like a TV antenna. I catch everything that is in the air, and then I do it my way.

I always felt a bit different. When I'm with boys, I feel comfortable. When I'm with girls, I catch feelings. It's not anything I can control.

You have to write and develop and wait for the world to catch up to your art.

I've always tried to come up with something that would catch your ear.

It doesn't take long to make catchy songs. That's not my problem.

I just want people to listen to the music and get something from it, whatever it may be. Whether it's a catchy lyric or a whole situation.

My goal is to write catchy songs that make people feel something.

The idea is to be unrestrained by categories.

I try to do the story the way I feel the story should be done, and how that folds into whatever larger sorts of categories or questions is really none of my business.

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.