Richard Paul Evans Quotes

I always write what feels really true and honest and me.

I learned early in my writing career that if I try to tailor a song for someone else, I'm usually off base. They're usually looking for something from you with your character.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, nor how valuable it is, nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open.

I wasn't intentionally trying to create my own path or be original, it was just I needed to say certain things and I needed to express myself, and that's how it came out.

I'm not trying to stay in the same place and I'm not trying to compete with what's currently in fashion. That would be dishonest. But, at the same time, I'm different and the music reflects that to some degree.

I have my own voice and can focus only on that. I know what I like; I find my inspirations in so many other places than just online and bring that into my work.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

When I teach writing, I have a mantra: 'Be a first-rate version of yourself, and not a second-rate version of another writer.'

One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.

There are so many funny people and so many talented people, but the one thing nobody else has is my take on the world. So, when I'm developing my show, that's going to be the focus.

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

When you make stuff from the 'you' point of view, you really can't go wrong.

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically not anyone else.

Don't try to guess what it is people want and give it to them. Don't ask for a show of hands. Try your best to write what you like, what you think your friends would like and what you think your father would like and then cross your fingers... The most valuable thing you have is your own voice.

You can't be different for different's sake, and this doesn't always work, but you have to separate yourself from the normal read. Of course, it has to be truthful. If it's not truthful, don't waste your time.

You find yourself writing the truth, because it's like, 'Well, I ain't writing for anyone but myself anyway.'

You can only make the film that's in you.

If I could say anything to anybody out there thinking of creating their own content is to always, always, come from a place of authenticity.

I'm someone who speaks my mind, so it was important to me that my publisher value originality and creative expression.

Writing is about bringing something from inside you that you're trying to say, and not just trying to say something to please someone else.

I don't even really try to do something different. I just do what's authentic to me.

Sheryl Crow. I loved her 'Tuesday Night Music Club.' She expressed her own point of view, and she wasn't trying to be like anyone else, and I loved that. That's been the thinking of all my favorite artists.

I want to be unique and original and truthful.