#express

The one thing which seems to me quite impossible is to take into consideration the kind of book one is expected to write; surely one can only write the book that is there to be written. (Letter to Muriel St. Clare Byrne, 8 September 1935) ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#expectations #honesty #integrity #on-writing #pandering

Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of being challenged, and for the sake of being expressive, to offer something to someone else, to learn what we are capable of. ↗

— Jason Mraz

#expression #feelings #humor #inspirational #learning

The great trains are going out all over Europe, one by one, but still, three times a week, the Orient Express thunders superbly over the 1,400 miles of glittering steel track between Istanbul and Paris. Under the arc-lights, the long-chassied German locomotive panted quietly with the labored breath of a dragon dying of asthma. Each heavy breath seemed certain to be the last. Then came another. ↗

— Ian Fleming

#dragon #locomotive #orient-express #train #love

If you believe in your heart that you are right, then you must fight with all your might to do it your way. Only dead fish swim with the stream all the time. ↗

— Linda Ellerbee

#inspiration #self-expression #inspirational

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong. ↗

— Judy Blume

#censoring #censors #censorship #censure #first-amendment

I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years. ↗

— Giorgio Armani

#i #liked #listen #myself #observer

I've written what and when I want to. It's been about expressing myself. But with the degree, I had to learn to do everything in a very specific, disciplined way. I am very disciplined, but this demanded a totally different kind of discipline. A real challenge. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#am #been #challenge #degree #demanded

I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around. ↗

— Fred Astaire

#anything #around #dance #dancing #desire

She looked like something that might have occured to Ibsen in one of his less frivolous moments. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

#humor #ibsen #moroseness #sombre-mood #unhappiness

Every script I've written and every series I've produced have expressed the things I most deeply believe. ↗

— Michael Landon

#deeply #every #expressed #i #most