Quotes About Expression

and only when that happens do you realise just how much silence there really is. Silence between lovers, when something really needs to be said; silence from a parent when a child needs some word more than anything else in the world; silences and in betweens and everything which isn't an answer.

The machines are too dull when we are lion-poems that move & breathe.

The less we think about what others might be considering or thinking about us, the more likely we can live the story that our own souls came here to unfold and unveil to the world.

Why should their pain produce such marvelous beauty? he wonders. Or is all beauty created through pain? Is that the secret of great art, both human and Melnibonen?

As you have fewer and fewer voices in a democracy, in a free society, it's not good to limit the number of voices.

I tried to smile back, but no smile came, only tears.

For me,the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out-the writing down of it I always find hard.But I love finishing it,then holding the book in my hand and sharing my dream with my readers.

Religion is like an art gallery. One painting will speak to you more than another, and there's no need to explain or defend your taste.

Her work was indeed elliptical, she left out everything that was essential, including logic and meaning. Her words neither described nor observed things. They were just words scattered across the page. This was braininess of the highest order, the verbal equivalent of the white canvas passed off as a painting; so abstract that to have expected some sense from it would have insulted the artist.

Paris looked back at me without expression. The silence went on for a second too long. "You're gay," he said. Still looking into his eyes, I said, "Yes, I am." "I didn't think so at first." "What gave me away?" "You didn't react at all when I mentioned my boyfriend. You didn't even blink. Straight men always give themselves away.

She's a good poet but a very neurotic woman." "Don't the two go together?

Souls are an expression of beauty, imagination and creativity. The ancient Egyptians said that to begin to understand the soul, one must listen to the heart. I think they were right. Standard

I think there is a big difference between expressing the pain and anger that many African Americans and other people of color may feel versus language that I think now crosses the line and goes into hate.

Words are gold, split and shared as coinage, small pebbles, emblems offered back and forth-given, received; given, received-expanding the vocabulary of the soul

TEACHER Let us begin. Repeat after me. I would like -- STUDENT I wud like -- TEACHER To feed your fingertips -- STUDENT To feed yur fingerteeps -- TEACHER To the wolverines.

She had always wanted words, she loved them; grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape.

She had always wanted words, she loved them, grew up on them. Words gave her clarity, brought reason, shape. Whereas I thought words bent emotions like sticks in water.

My mom would be leaving the house and she'd say, 'Don't you pull out all of the old dresses in the attic and put on a show again!' And the door would close, and that's exactly what I'd do. The show was calling me!

Plus, I love comic writing. Nothing satisfies me more than finding a funny way to phrase something.

Performing makes me feel alive

You should give up sarcasm. People could get the wrong idea about you.

I had never said, 'dad, I love you.'

Academic freedom: It's great, as long as you don't use it."

If I gave up sarcasm that would leave interpretive dance as my only way of communicating.