Quotes About Expression

Good ideas are free - or at least they should be.

I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.

Being consistent is way less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project.

Its a good feeling when people come up to you and tell you your music helps them, and as long as it does, I'll keep making it.

I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is a bad thing.

When things get tough... Make good art.

I feel like you should always be questioning the genre you're doing. If you're doing something that sounds like a lullaby, it can be good to make it about someone stalking someone.

One can do good things without being very much of a harmonist or a colourist. It is sufficient to have a sense of art - and this sense is doubtless the horror of the bourgeois.

I just always try to find an interesting story and tell it well. That's a hard enough thing to do, whether it's a piece of fiction or it's a small piece of reality. I just look for good story.

It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.

Prog rock, with a little good taste, is ok. I tried to bring some of it into this century, I guess.

Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks! It's not a good way to communicate and it's really difficult to use it for any functional thing.

I believe in a democratic approach to fashion: if you feel good, then great. You may not look good, but it's not the problem.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

There is only good art and mediocre art.

All bad art is the result of good intentions.

Film is such a very good tool for communicating emotions, and all designers and creative people look to inspire an emotional response.

I agree that comedy does a good job - and is often about - stepping over the line - Lenny Bruce, etc. - and that this is important for a lot of poets too. I guess I feel like there has to be depth.

It's starting to feel good, although I don't like feeling too good - that's not where my comedy comes from.

Nobody ever wrote a good book simply by collecting a number of accurate facts and valid ideas.