Elizabeth George Quotes

Writers are articulate. Artists find it more difficult.

Film for me became how I related to everything else.

The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.

I love acting, but music is so much more rewarding because it's more personal.

I've always had a creative urge and I get immense satisfaction from creating something because it feels like I'm making sense of the world and imposing order on it.

Now, performing is second nature and I love every second of it. It is a very emotional thing when I can't play a song; maybe I'm hitting on something that I don't want to deal with. All of it is so personal. It is like therapy.

I put my emotions in my music and I want people to relate to that.

I love writing. I feel more connected to that than I do a lot of the other things.

My favorite music to sing would be my own songs, my original songs, just because I know them, you know I write the tunes, so my favorite songs are the newest ones that I write. That's what I like to sing the most, because it means something, it's real, it comes from me.

Heartbreak was the impetus to me writing poems and music in the first place.

But those two plays left me on fresh terms with language. I didn't always have to speak in my own voice.

Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.

With 'Girls,' I have been able to plug into almost everything I've felt that's personal and sensitive.

Music is the way I talk to people.

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

I can communicate what I want to in Tamil, but I can't express myself in the language very well.

Composing is an emotional thing.

All of my puppets have their own personalities, their own background, and they enjoy what they do. How they say things, sing things, how they talk. I kind of created them out of my own personality. They are all me.

I wrote 'Me and Ma' to celebrate a beautiful phase of my life with people.

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

I make art primarily for myself and to show my friends, so I guess it's important to make art that they can connect to.

Books are really fun because your 'voice' is pretty undiluted. There is a very direct connection between yourself and your audience. You will have an editor, but their job is to help you clarify or improve your voice, not change it.

The books I'm writing are houses that I build for myself.

Man is driven to create; I know I really love to create things. And while I'm not good at painting, drawing, or music, I can write software.

Language is a weapon, keep it honed!