Khalid Quotes

I show them the funny part, the silly part, the laughing part, the crazy part and then the really deep, deep part where I'm talking from my heart to these people. Because I've been through everything they've been through.

Honestly, my goal is just to let people hear my story and just like, feed everybody that could relate to my story in any way.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.

I love telling stories that allow people to be less afraid to tell theirs.

There's this stress that is relieved when you realize somebody understands, and that's only going to happen if you feel the person who's writing the book or the people in the TV show aren't holding back.

The more I show what I'm going through, the more I can give answers, the more I can help those on the outside looking in.

Love stories should be relatable.

I love being able to share my story to help others relate or cope with their own stuff they have going on at home.

If you're on the fence about speaking your truth or sharing your world with a greater audience, don't be. We need each other badly.

When you share your story and become vulnerable, the ripple effect and the people that you can help along the way is a life lesson.

I'm not a gifted storyteller, so I write what I know and hope that honesty resonates with other people's experiences.

I think I felt very alone for a lot of my life, but once I was able to share my story more and more, and people wouldn't say, 'Hey, I felt sorry for you,' but, 'I get it, and I understand you,' it kind of encouraged me to tell it more. I just don't want people to feel alone.

The delicate and infirm go for sympathy, not to the well and buoyant, but to those who have suffered like themselves.

I think I'm relatable.

People love to be listened to and represented, and they love it when they feel like you have some of the same problems that they do. Everybody deals with things like romantic difficulties in relationships and death and cancer and abuse.

With my writing, what I want to do is humanize the young people I write about.

Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation. This is what I try to tell my students: this is one great thing that literature can do - it can make us identify with situations and people far away.

I think that talking about the personal specificity, personal details, is how you get the big, big audiences - by talking about your relationships or your personal tragedies. If you reach out with that energy, you'll touch people.

I traffic in empathy. I try to be vulnerable with people so they can be vulnerable back. I've always been searching for empathy in other people. It's when I feel most not alone.

Oprah's stock in trade has always been her powerful unmediated connection. She could feel your pain and empower you to talk about it.

Maybe what I'm trying to do is heal others. I think what we're trying to do in theater is heal someone.

On 'Awkward,' we really like to send the message out that we're relatable, and that we get what people are going through.

The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.

Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.