Quotes About Self-expression

create yourself, instead of seeking to discover yourself.

Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right." —Neil Gaiman, University

Even if you consider yourself a terrible writer, writing can be viewed as a tool. There are huge benefits to writing, even if no one—yourself included—ever reads what you write. In other words, the process matters more than the product.

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right." —Neil Gaiman, University of the Arts commencement speech

Kurt Vonnegut said about his process: "When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth." Don't overestimate the world and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. And you are not alone.

You can't be afraid to show your scars.

The moment that you feel that, just possibly, you're walking down the street naked, exposing too much of your heart and your mind and what exists on the inside, showing too much of yourself. That's the moment you may be starting to get it right.

Avoid pronouncing the phrases everyone else does. Think up your own way of speaking, even if only to convey that thing you think everyone is saying. Make an effort to separate yourself from the internet. Read books.

Don't waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions; go over, under, through, and opinions will change organically when you're the boss. Or they won't. Who cares? Do your thing, and don't care if they like it.

Do your thing and don't care if they like it.

preferisco essere un vecchio porco che un vecchio sposato!

Ka?da organizacja jest dla mnie za ciasna. Mam potrzeb? wolno?ci. Taka wolno?c jest m?cz?ca, bo za ka?dym razem w obliczu jakiego? problemu, kiedy trzeba postanowi?, co my?le?, co zrobi?, mo?na odwo?a? si? tylko do w?asnego umys?u, w?asnego serca, a nie do ?atwej, gotowej to u?ytku linii partyjnej albo s?ów jakiej? ?wi?tej ksi?gi.

Creation is not restricted to the artist but instead is about how we bring ourselves authentically into the world both through our doing and being.

It was the people who tried to seem normal all the time who were really messed up

Don't be afraid to try. Don't be afraid to fail. Don't be afraid to color your hair. Try to understand where people are coming from. Don't forget that most people are really good at heart. And if you hate your name, change it.

Just because you're naked doesn't mean you're sexy. Just because you're cynical doesn't mean you're cool.

As a young actor, people were trying to define who I was before I really knew that for myself. But I still remember thinking, 'This is what I love doing, and I hope I'm going to be able to do it forever.'

I definitely thought the first book was going to be a one-off. I never thought I'd even write a book, not ever having aspired to be a writer. It's something that never occurred to me - a bit like it never occurred to me to play guitar when I was young. I just thought it was out of my league.

I was never in the closet as an actor. It never occurred to me that my sexuality was something to be ashamed of.

I look really odd in jeans and a hoodie - it doesn't feel or seem right.

For me personally, I have vitiligo, so my whole career, it's always been this very odd debate: 'Does she want to be white? Is she white and black? Is her mum white?' It's always been this question of my background, my race, and what I stand for.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

I'm okay with being the oddball.