#expression

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

I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#paraphrased #self-expression #death

Romantic Egoist Nozomi: You've got an idea in your head... how you should act, but you can't act like, so you stifle yourself and don't even try. ↗

— Bisco Hatori

#self-expression #yourself #love

Never dull your shine for somebody else. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#confidence #inspirational #self-expression #shine #inspirational

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

When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression. ↗

— Casey Affleck

#actor #because #express #expression #idea

To people outside, they think, Gee, that's great. You get to go here and there. The other side of that is our expression, This is location, not vacation. ↗

— Tom Berenger

#gee #get #go #great #here

Productive achievement is a consequence and an expression of health and self-esteem, not its cause. ↗

— Nathaniel Branden

#cause #consequence #expression #health #productive

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity. ↗

— Marlon Brando

#bum #expression #impulse #life #maturity

If you're writing anything decent, it's in you, it's your spirit coming out. If it's not an expression of how a person genuinely feels, then it's not a good song done with any conviction. ↗

— Alex Chilton

#anything #coming #conviction #decent #done