W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

How I wish I were able to say what I think.

When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.

I can’t explain what I mean. And even if I could, I’m not sure I’d feel like it.

Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.

I've always been able to hear and read what I say before I say it. That's why I'm a good quote. Or a good interview. If I say something that's uncomfortable for someone's ears, it's going to be the truth; I just happen to voice it. But it's the truth. It's not my opinion.

I find it hard to act other than the way I feel.

I have so many things I want to say.

I think, as musicians, our music should be who we are. Sometimes it's not - it's someone else's. All heartfelt music and all honest music, it's who we are. Of course, our upbringing has everything to do with it.

I'm committed to an honest expression, not necessarily a performance.

I vocalize a lot of my feelings.

As far as how I grew up, and who is in my life, it's still a very complicated thing as far as how I want to get that across.

Film is an incredible way to express yourself and your vision, as is fashion, but you have to make sure [to] be confident and honest and true to yourself and say something that means something, because that is really the point of any art.

I'm the person who says every single thing she thinks, sometimes to others' amusement, and almost always to my detriment.

You have to really enjoy (being sexy). Not fake anything. Sexy is being in the moment, whether that means being coy or coming on hard. Faking is always lame and it never comes across the way you want it to.

But 40 told me to do me and don't listen to anybody that knew me. Cause to have known me would mean that there's a new me and if you think I've changed, then the slightest could have fooled me.

The main thing is to be myself. What I mean by that is, to be honest when called upon to express your feelings. The other thing is - maybe this should come first - to be a good listener. To close your mouth and to listen, and to be able to echo back what your partner says to you.

I learned to write because I am one of those people who somehow cannot manage the common communications of smiles and gestures, but must use words to get across things that other people would never need to say.

One of the most painfully inauthentic ways we show up in our lives sometimes is saying "yes" when we mean "no," and saying "no" when we mean "hell yes."

I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

There's all the difference in the world between having something to say, and having to say something.

We can learn to be whole by saying what we mean and doing what we say.

All my life I have struggled to make one authentic gesture.

I say whatever I want, I look whatever I want. That doesn't mean I don't question myself and feel insecure.

I'm not going to sit around an pretend I'm not thinking things on my blog when I am thinking them and when I'm open to rebuttal.