Quotes About Expression

S]he stood for some moments gazing at the sisters, with affection beaming in one eye, and calculation shining out of the other.

Joy is but the sign that creative emotion is fulfilling its purpose.

All writers misspeak, revealing not what they thought they said, but almost what they were afraid to say.

These include the need to express one's gifts and do meaningful work, the need to love and be loved, the need to be truly seen and heard, and to see and hear other people, the need for connection to nature, the need to play, explore, and have adventures, the need for emotional intimacy, the need to serve something larger than oneself, and the need sometimes to do absolutely nothing and just be.

Usually, destructive pleasure-seeking behavior arises as an outburst of pent-up desire, and not as the expression of authentic desire.

The one who bows into service is an artist. To see work as sacred is to bow into service to it, and thus become its instrument. More specifically and somewhat paradoxically, we become the instrument of that which we create.

Accordingly, to create objects with soul, objects for a rich and beautiful world, we must invest them with life, self, and humanity; in other words, we must invest them with something of our selves. No

We are born creators, here to achieve the exuberant expression of our gifts. The

Consider one of the most useful verbs you'll ever see: To say. Novices often use different words to say said, especially when writing dialogue. So they say that a president argues, declares, and cajoles. A ballplayer stutters, barks, muses, and mumbles. A philosopher cogitates, elucidates, complains, and demurs. These synonyms disrupt the flow of ideas. Avoid that distraction; just say said. If someone says something interesting, you don't need to dress it up with synonyms.

If the sentence is the most important unit of writing, the paragraph comes a close second place. All writing is a march of paragraphs, each of which provides a clear step forward in the progress of the piece.

Consider a favorite story—even a story from your own life. On a piece of paper, express this story in three ways. First, draw a straight line from left to right, with hash marks to indicate moments in time. Create a simple chronology: "just one thing after another." Then create a series of circles, showing recurring patterns in the story. Then create a series of triangles, showing trios of characters or ideas at different stages of the story.

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free.

Any fool can write a book, and most of them are doing it

aun cuando hagamos silencio, sutilmente estamos diciendo algo.

So, then, in general metaphysical terms, our expression is that, like a purgatory, all that is commonly called "existence," which we call Intermediateness, is quasi-existence, neither real nor unreal, but expression of attempt to become real, or to generate for or recruit a real existence.

Carried down my last number to the Advocate. They will not publish the letters I wish. So much for the freedom of that press.

STYLE IS NOT HOW YOU WRITE IT IS HOW YOUDO NOT WRITE LIKE ANYONE ELSE

I'm not a joke machine. You can't just feed crap in and get funny out.

...for a writer humor is a rubber sword — it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.

Strong love paralyzes the vocal cords, leaving the functions of speech to looks, hugs, and osculation.

Kiss: love professed through lips.

...but I assure you that there are moments when Art almost attains to the dignity of manual labor.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

I take the music of language very seriously. Like a heartbeat, it exists right below consciousness — it animates and infuses your language with life.... A good sentence should sound good and feel good and roll comfortably off your tongue, not simply serve as a conveyor for ideas.