Leo Rosten Quotes

Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

It's important to tell your story. It's important to listen.

I feel like songwriting is an experiment in empathy.

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.

If you can talk, you can write.

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that.

I obviously have a knack for getting on paper what a lot of people have thought and didn't realize they thought. And they say, 'Hey, yeah!' And they like that.

In 1984, I turned to theater in the hopes of finding a more direct form of communication between me and my people.

I'm a writer. My job is to speak what - that which I think is true. If that bridges the gap, that's good. If it doesn't, that's too bad.

I just love to share my story with people as much as I can.

Humans are fascinated with communication. I was always drawn to words and stories, staying in touch with your feelings and being open to what's around you.

Writing is a way of sharing our humanity.

I believe that everybody needs to tell their story - to be heard, to be seen, to be acknowledged, to be understood. We all want that, deep down inside - and writing a book is a great way to make sense of your own experience and to share it with others.

I enjoy writing. I enjoy communicating and connecting.

I'm a songwriter, and people will tell you the greatest stories about their lives, whether you want to hear it or not.

I think I'm attracted to writers who tell us something about ourselves.

Not all poetry wants to be storytelling. And not all storytelling wants to be poetry. But great storytellers and great poets share something in common: They had something to say, and did.

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

I really value words. I really try to illustrate and let people draw their own conclusions.

I mean, what is music anyway? It's a form of communication - at least for me it is. And that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.

'Warm Bodies' ended up becoming one of the most personal relatable things I've written.

Despite all the technical improvements, it still boils down to a man or a woman and a microphone, playing music, sharing stories, talking about issues - communicating with an audience.

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.

Poetry should be able to reach everybody, and it should be able to appeal to all levels of understanding.