Nic Pizzolatto Quotes

To me, art and storytelling serve primal, spiritual functions in my daily life. Whether I'm telling a bedtime story to my kids or trying to mount a movie or write a short story or a novel, I take it very seriously.

I definitely think that using that artistic side of your brain, just having an outlet for emotion is very important, whether it be painting, dancing, acting, or singing.

Seriously, I wanted to be an artist because I saw that it meant endless possibilities. I came from a badly managed family background, so art was a way of reinventing myself.

So I don't think of myself as just a musician at all, I think of myself as an artist.

Art is a way to express yourself and through that you can escape a bad situation.

If it weren't for painting, I wouldn't live; I couldn't bear the extra strain of things.

Songwriting helps me sort out my personal problems. With acting, you're just a tool for someone's ideas.

To put what you see on paper is the same as funneling what you feel through yourself as a performer.

The best thing about being a writer is it gives you readers who understand your deepest feelings and fears.

I have quite a rich inner life, and I'm constantly looking for a way to express that. I haven't found it yet in acting. When you're playing a character, you're only going to find outlets for very specific parts of your inner world.

I like films that probe emotional questions and inspire you to get creative and get writing, get draping, painting, cooking, whatever that thing is where you have that kind of output.

People should listen to my music if they just want to know me better.

I like to paint and spend a lot of time doing art. For me, it's about hearing yourself and putting it out there as art. It's like a therapy thing.

It is the greatest reward for me to share my story, my art, and my work. And people receiving that and being thankful and grateful, it once again resonates deep within because it reminds me that I am so much bigger than being a drag performer.

Oftentimes I feel like I can, through the music, paint a picture of something that I can't look anywhere and see in my real life.

I think being creative and making something that you can look at is so good for your brain and your soul. Nothing beats it.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

I'm creating art that can be healing. Art that can make you feel like you're not alone, like you're not an outsider. Art that is useful.

I chose art, music, of course fashion, clothes, colors. I'm just expressing what I have inside and bringing it out.

When I'm on my own with my camera, taking these pictures, it feels as if I am in a room of my own, a self-contained world.

I know definitive points in my life and in relationships because of my songs. I write my music so that I'll never be bored of it.

Art! What a concept! It saved my life! A place where you can do as you please!

I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best way I've found to get along with myself.

Music, art, writing - it gives us a sense of who we are, a sense of our history, a sense of our future and it should provide some kind of comfort. It's not just entertainment for entertainment's sake, it's an investment.