Quotes About Expression

Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.

There aren't always, especially in low-income communities, the arts and the dance and the drama and the things that can really show a kid, 'Look, even if I'm three years behind in math, there's something I'm good at that can help me be successful in life.'

Music helped me, growing up: it very much felt like a companion and made me less lonely.

Medicine and writing are natural companions.

All performances are different. I don't think it's necessary to compare one with another. I am just me playing the role of Lear. You're bound to get a Holm approach to it, whatever that may be. I just got out there and did it. I'm very much a doer in my acting.

I don't know if I would compare my sound to anyone because I like to think that my music is my music.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

I'm not very good at story. In fact, compared to character and language, I barely care about story at all.

I don't mind Ed Sheeran, but I wouldn't want to be compared to a guy that builds his song around a guitar, since we do not have a guitar in our band.

I've been compared to Drake before and Kid Cudi.

I'm often compared to Alan Rickman. I wish.

A novel compared to film writing can allow the author to be more indulgent, and that extends to the characters and the story being told.

I been compared a lot to Brockhampton a lot.

I don't think any two individuals, especially artistes, can be or should be compared. We are different human beings. The way we think, feel, emote is bound to be different.

I love being on stage, nothing compares to it.

A film, I feel, is a state of mind. A film eventually comes from an idea: based on an idea, you make a decision, and once you make the decision, you keep comparing everything to that, but don't question the decision itself.

When you get into comparisons in any way of, 'we want it to be like this' or 'we don't want it to be like this,' it takes away from the authenticity of what you're trying to say and what you're trying to make.

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.

I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.

I believe the arts are the best way to help people go on a journey of self-discovery toward their own compassion and empathy for humanity and themselves.

I don't even compel my wife to wear a mangalsutra or a bindi.

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself.

I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.

I don't write for the money. I write because something in me is constantly compelled.