Quotes about Expression

She was not too young to be wise, but she was too young to know that wisdom shouldn't be spoken aloud when you are happy.

Writing is a form of therapy… Sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic fear which is inherent in the human situation

The main characters in a novel must necessarily have some kinship to the author, they come out of his body as a child comes from the womb, then the umbilical cord is cut, and they grow into independence. The more the author knows of his own character the more he can distance himself from his invented characters and the more room they have to grow in.

The Church condemns violence, but it condemns indifference more harshly. Violence can be the expression of love, indifference never. One is an imperfection of charity, the other the perfection of egoism.

I think everything we do, on one level or another, as writers, most of our writing is informed by our world view.

If feminism was a dress, it would be that essential little black number, reached for in times of need; different for everyone but a steady constant in a woman's life. Outspoken or understated, demure or provocative, worn to reflect the mood, the personality, the time.

When someone is themselves through their music, it's soul music. James Taylor is soul music to me 'cause it's just him talking about him. It doesn't have anything to do with black or growing up in the church; it's where it comes from. It's just soul music.

The best use of life is love. The best expression of love is time. The best time to love is now.

Christian' makes a poor adjective

Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all.

Road rage is the expression of the amateur sociopath in all of us, cured by running into a professional.

For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.