Quotes About Self-expression

I don't have the habit of wearing ornaments.

I built my work from within instead of satisfying a demand for sexualised and ostentatious clothing.

Other kids did drugs; I did crafts. I never knew where I fit in.

Growing up, I had a terrible pudding-bowl haircut. I used to cut it myself, and I'd sew my own clothing, too. I looked a little strange compared to the other kids. But the thing was, I felt I looked amazing, so what other people thought never bothered me.

It's important for kids to know they can be themselves, and that it's OK to have dreams and goals they love and that may not be cool or popular to other kids.

You need to let go of your fear and anxiety of being judged by others.

I have never been insecure, ever, about how I look, about what I want to do with myself. My mum told me to only ever do things for myself, not for others.

Everybody enjoys when a woman is her own character in a movie or otherwise.

I've bleached my brows and things like that, but otherwise, I just let them be.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.

We want women to have options and not be forced into somebody else's idea of what their beauty needs ought to be.

On stage, we embrace every ounce of ourselves, we celebrate who we are, we are honest and live our truth - and we inspire people to do the same.

I write because I'm in love with language; because I like working for myself, inside my head; and because it's the only way I know to make a stab at answering the never-ending questions of the heart that arise simply from the everyday living of our lives.

When we want to have our own style of living, it is nobody's business but ours. What we do in private is our private business.

We must declare ourselves, become known; allow the world to discover this subterranean life of ours which connects kings and farm boys, artists and clerks. Let them see that the important thing is not the object of love, but the emotion itself.

We all face crossroads in our lives where we can retreat into ourselves, or we can hit the dance floor.

We do this basically for ourselves. People appreciate it, which is cool, but I think they appreciate that we're doing it for ourselves. We're doing it our way, and how people like it is not up to us. We like it.

I'm convinced that if we don't define ourselves, other people will do it for us, and inaccurately.

Fat Joe ain't out here trying to battle-rap everybody in the world. That's not what I'm about.

I'm not gonna front and act like your boyfriend. I'm out here, you know what I'm saying?

People criticising me for my emotional outburst are not humans.

I really associate glamor with being happy. If you put on high heels and lipstick or get a new outfit, you feel great.

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

I simply can't wear an outfit if I don't feel that is right for me.