Quotes about Expression

The key thing if you're a writer is to visualize the scene and convey it to the penciller and turn the penciller loose.

I think I've learned a lot on the vocal side of things.

Occasionally, some brother sings very earnestly through his nose, often disturbing those around him, but it does not matter how the voice sounds to the ears of man. What is important is how the heart sounds to the ears of God.

Primarily I see myself as so much more than a rapper. I really believe I am the voice for a lot of people who don't have that microphone or who can't rap.

Getting into the voice-over booth, there are no cameras and no inhibitions.

I never try to give a message in my books. It's about living with characters long enough to hear their voices and let them tell me the story. Sometimes I would love to have a happy ending, and it doesn't happen because the character or the story leads me in another direction.

Basically, I listen to voices. If they write good songs and they can sing, I'll probably like it.

'We really shouldn't look like a church.' I've heard that so much I want to vomit. 'Why?' I ask. 'Do you want your bank to look like a bank? Do you want your doctor's office to look like a doctor's office, or would you prefer your doctor to dress like a clown?'

I loved the seventies.

My sexuality is part of my music, part of my identity.

I just like showing people - and this might be at the root of everything that I've done - that I don't want to be looked at as a baseball robot.

My bag is acting or getting into an amusing situation and then sharing my amusement.