Quotes About Meaning

I never want to write a book just to tell a story. There is always something deeper going on.

You want the story to be about something, have some deeper meaning, but there is also an emotional, almost instinctual, element, which is, does this story seize some part of you and compel you to get to the bottom of it?

Everything you say in a family carries meaning from all that was said before. So with friends, there is less likelihood of a few words triggering associations from childhood, where our deepest emotions often are rooted.

I can't write music unless I'm deeply connected to it and that connection almost always comes from some experience that I have had or am having.

A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is.

If you can define what God is, I can tell you whether I believe in it.

When you don't have children you have to define and make your own purpose, and make your own reason for being here.

Today, I defined 'sentimental' to myself as a feeling about the idea of a feeling.

No one has really ever defined what a friend is.

Finding a way to make a difference is arguably far more defining than any collection I have brought to market.

If anyone wants to know what the definition of 'dope' means, it's: 'Definition of Public Enemy.'

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

I have my own definition of God, but I believe God is whatever you want Him to be.

If anyone was going to write the definitive account of what the 2008 election meant for women, it would be Rebecca Traister.

What I tried to do is deliver movies that have worked for me more than once.

I'll settle for successful during my lifetime because at least I can be conscious of the delusion that it means something.

A big reason why I fell in love with Jenna was how much she cherishes her family. And my family means the world to me. Our families are very different but the common denominator is love.

A word can change so much depending on how you say it, or how you sing it.

Whether it will convince or not, depends entirely on what it is in itself, what is there to be seen.

We have a lot of depressed people in the world because they don't know what their purpose is in life.

This is one of the reasons I'm so interested in stories. Because everyone has a story in their life, and when their story doesn't make sense, that's when we get depressed, I think.

I wanted to talk about how stupid music is. I wanted to talk about how awesome music is, and how depressing it is, and why we all make music if it doesn't last forever.