Quotes About Expression

A Good artist has less time than ideas.

If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

I don't think I"m a very good actor. Everything is very tentative and at a certain point you click in and just feel the spirit move you. I can be possessed really well.

Consistency is the death of good acting.

It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.

The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one.

A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit.

Animation is tremendously resilient. Animation will recover, as art always recovers. There's always cycles of good art.

Eyes are the greatest tool in film. Mr. Capra taught me that. Sure it's nice to say very good dialogue, if you can get it. But great movie acting - watch the eyes!

When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.

The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.

Too much good taste can be very boring. Independent style, on the other hand, can be very inspiring.

A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

Every great or even every very good writer makes the world over according to his own specifications.

Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

I feel physically ill if I don't make work, I don't create. I don't feel very good. I don't feel right, I feel wrong.

Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.

Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

Good words are worth much, and cost little.

He who is incapable of feeling strong passions, of being shaken by anger, of living in every sense of the word, will never be a good actor.

There is price you pay when you want freedom of speech. You must be willing to accept the good the bad and the ugly when trying something out of the box.

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go.