Quotes About Self-expression

As I get older, the book projects are - liberating is one word, but they really are me.

I actually don't do much to my hair. It gets fussed over a lot on projects because there's a lot of it, and it's boy's hair, but as far as me, I tend to let it do what it wants.

I've not been a prolific poet, and it always seemed to me to be a bad idea to feel that you had to produce in order to get... credits. Production of a collection of poems every three years or every five years, or whatever, looks good, on paper. But it might not be good; it might be writing on a kind of automatic pilot.

I think prom is just about enjoying yourself.

Don't try to stand out that much for prom. Be yourself.

I was so big, so I had to always come up with my own creations. Like, when I would do junior prom and stuff, I would have stuff specially made or added to my outfit. I definitely was always into trying to do something a little over and beyond.

I feel like being into the beat of your own drum has become too prominent in the culture.

I promised myself that I wouldn't be afraid to be who I was when I chose to do this music thing.

I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.

I don't need anybody to market or promote me. If people don't want to hear this music, then it's not for them. You cannot please everybody.

I guess I'm about ready to promote myself in a more human way. I don't feel quite so insecure.

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

Some people feel like women should dress in a way that doesn't promote attention-seeking. But this is just my body. My body in itself isn't only sexual.

I try to promote confidence within women through fashion. It is not about wearing all the silhouettes, it's simply about what makes you feel good. Period.

I think it's great for the women to show that they are women and be feminine. And that's something that I've always promoted.

Actors don't like promotions, but I love it because I feel someone is actually interested in knowing me!

When I go out with the ladies, I don't force them to pronounce my name. I tell them I like to go by the nickname of Kitten.

I changed my name at 14 because no one outside of my family could pronounce my first name correctly.

I don't pronounce all my words exactly how they do on the BBC. I am who I am.

I don't want to play a prop in a film.

Rather than being a prop in a film with big actors, I would love to do a meatier and more meaningful role in a film that does not feature a big actor.

All writing is propaganda for the self.

It's fun to be blond, and it's almost difficult to remember how I used to look with my proper hair color.

I think girls especially get so caught up in thinking like, 'Oh I have to be prim or proper or fun and sunshiny' when, like, you can be literally anything. You can be mannish; you can do whatever, and it's acceptable.