Quotes About Expression

We never talked to each other in my family. We communicated by putting Ann Landers articles on the refrigerator.

At 13 you're not even thinking about that, you know? I was just playing for fun and uploading videos on YouTube because I wanted to show my family.

I do a lot of writing about my family.

My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and it's easy to dredge up those feelings and get them on the page.

My brother and I grew up in a musical family. We have an older sister who sings and plays the piano. Our dad is a musician. Music was always a part of our lives.

The real question isn't whether or not you love your kids but how well you are able to demonstrate your love and caring so that your children really feel loved.

The only artists for whom I would make way are - children. For me the paintings of children belong side by side with the works of the masters.

Music was always a big part of my family. Only a few of us had the talent - or the courage - to walk out on a stage.

I don't want to be romantic, but one of the most important things is to have happy buildings... it's like having a family with a lot of children.

When I reprimanded my son for hair like Michael Jackson he said: "I don't see the problem you wear yours like Michael Jordan."

Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret.

I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

All right, then, I'll say it: Dante makes me sick.

That's what music is: entertainment. The more you put yourself into it, the more of you comes out in it.

I'm not interested in being famous or anything, but I'm definitely interested in expressing emotions, and acting and filmmaking can be great outlets for that. Filmmaking is an incredible art.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

Forever encased in the amber of a writer's prose.

The creative writer does the same as the child at play; he creates a world of fantasy which he takes very seriously.

A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, and some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people.

And it is through fantasy that children achieve catharsis. It is the best means they have for taming wild things.

I come from musical theater, and a lot of musical theater is about accepting fantasy. I think it is more about just being open and accepting.

We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality. We create it to be able to stay.

Fantasy is like jam. . . . You have to spread it on a solid piece of bread. If not, it remains a shapeless thing . . . out of which you can't make anything.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.