Quotes About Expression

The only way to stay sane is to go a little crazy.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.

Fashion is what you're offered four times a year by designers. And style is what you choose.

Being that can be understood is language.

Tears are words that need to be written.

I believe that words can help us move or keep us paralyzed, and that our choices of language and verbal tone have something - a great deal - to do with how we live our lives.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

Writing is easy. All you do is stare at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Since I'm inarticulate, I express myself with images.

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

What makes for great art is the courage to speak and write and paint what you know and care about.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

The fingers of your thoughts are molding your face ceaselessly.

I tell a story, and therefore I exist.

All great art comes from a sense of outrage.

I don't think writers should write about answers. I think writers should write about questions.

Good ideas stay with you until you eventually write the story.

Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

Anyone who writes is too precious to lose.