Quotes About Self-expression

I've always known what I'm meant to do. The path of my life has been about discovering what I need to do to support myself as a writer.

My biggest breakthrough was discovering that I could write my own riffs.

Remember, its all about you and the dress. Nothing more, so keep the accessories very discreet.

Because of the discrimination during my time as a teenager I decided to live my life as I want it.

Comparison is a disease. I never felt any competition, since I never compared myself to others. I only focus on my work. I never feel pressurised and do films in my style. Also, I'm very active since childhood, and that gives me the edge to always put my best.

Certainly a woman should never disguise the fact that she is a woman. A woman's body is very beautiful.

Maybe I could have been good as a drawer if I had done it as much as I did writing, but it's more scary to draw. It's more revealing. You can't disguise yourself in drawing.

Makeup transforms me. I feel like I'm in disguise when I walk my dog without makeup on.

I like the cut of my gib. I dislike the way I move.

Love or hate me, like or dislike me, laugh at me or cry with me, I have always shown you who I really am.

Everyone is different, and I would rather be disliked for who I am than liked for who I am not.

I was trying to be so perfect and so cookie-cutter because everyone's like, 'Aim for that Disney audience! Be perfect! Don't say anything wrong!' And it's just working out better for me just being me.

I'm comfortable in my body and I don't mind putting it on display. Honestly, I like how unique it is. My big arms, my bigger hands, these long legs - I love being different.

I want to allow myself to display myself to people.

Guys look best when they have a healthy disrespect for their clothes.

I used to just let people tell me what to do. I didn't really have a mind of my own, and I couldn't really say yes or no to things because I didn't really know what I wanted, but now I feel really confident in the fact that I can really be distinctive on what I want and how I want to do things.

When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.

And I think every woman can be a diva, and every woman can be just a woman. I think life is a runway, and you can do everything you want. If you want.

There's nothing wrong with being a Diva. If it's because I take care of myself and look good, then I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

I don't think I'm a diva.

It's not like I don't like the term 'Diva.' It's what you make of it.

I think I just need to be myself. I think that's what this 'Diva Search' competition is all about.

Sometimes fashion designers will be like, 'This is what's hot right now, and you will be cool if you wear this,' but sometimes it's too expensive or doesn't look good on me or isn't who I am, and I don't need to just think that what you're saying is what's cool if I have my own identity.