Quotes About Expression

Our function as playwrights to some extent is to make audiences see with their ears, because films make us see with our eyes much better.

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.

One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come.

I thought, frankly, that it would be more pleasant to write a memoir than it was.

When a woman is anything but pleasant, she is labeled as whiny, hysterical, etc.

There's only one thing, in the end, and that's singing truth in a pleasant way.

I had a really pleasant time composing music for 'Raaga.'

I started writing to please myself, a story I would like to read, and that is still true.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy.

My job as an entertainer is to take you some place else. I love exploring different genres of music to please my fans.

I don't ever write with a particular audience in mind. I just write books that please me.

One thing I learned in the military is we fight for everybody's rights to say and do as they please, so everybody is free to make their choices.

All any artist can do is please themselves.

Listen to what others tell you about your voice. If you're only singing to please yourself, you might as well just sing under the shower. But if you're singing for others, you are reliant on them to ask you to sing.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I can't shout, I can't cry convincingly, and please don't make me dance.

For me, cooking is a way to try and please people and tell them I love them. When I fall in love with someone, I want to feed them as well.

I am writing to please myself, though there is a feeling in some place in my head that this may be publishable. I haven't been writing for nothing.

I know I'm not gonna please everybody when I make a record. I don't let that affect any of my decisions.

The blues comes right back to a person's feelings, to his daily activities in life. But rich people don't know nothing about the blues, please believe me.

I write music to please myself. Hopefully the director's enjoying it too.

Oh my gosh! I can't tell you the number of times people have put autotune on my voice, and I'm like, 'Please take it off!' You don't even sound human; it makes you sound like a robot!