Quotes about Expression

I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot that sets in, I'm afraid.

In our day, you can mock religion in public and even get funds for doing it. But you can't show respect for religion in public - or you risk being hauled into court.

I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing.

Movements toward freedom and the self-respect that comes from something other than what people think is their most important feature.

I respect a man who knows how to spell a word more than one way.

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love.

To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.

Sometimes I get a little sad, and I feel like being alone. Then I talk to my cat about it, and he reminds me I'm James Franco. Then we dance.

For me, singing sad songs often has a way of healing a situation. It gets the hurt out in the open into the light, out of the darkness.

Relationships are two layers of conversations. Adapting and also speaking your mind.

According to this law [the law of Dharma], you have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world--and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.

What keeps life fascinating is the constant creativity of the soul.