Jhumpa Lahiri Quotes

I believe acting to be my own journey through connection more than anything else, but that's only my take on it.

Go on thinking that you don't need to be read and you'll find that it may become quite true: no one will feel the need tom read it because it is written for yourself alone; and the public won't feel any impulse to gate crash such a private party.

My films are always a reflection of where I am in my life.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

Most things I go through I have to write about.

Thank God for being a writer, because you do sort of find out what you think by the process of writing.

I do this acting thing mostly for myself. I like to make a connection and communicate with the audience to make myself feel less lonely. I also do it to develop my own character, so sometimes I do it to just be away in a certain area that I've never been to. But mostly, the story has to do something for me.

The first audience that you have when writing a book is you.

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

Adventure is not outside man; it is within.

I had a lot of songs and words and scenes stuck inside of me. So Jacknife encouraged me to bring them all out. So, in essence, 'You and Others' is my diary.

I don't think my approach to acting is all necessarily in service of the character. I think, selfishly, I've put it in service of myself, my perspective on the world and helping my life.

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am.

You write to please yourself, you write to move yourself, to engage yourself in the asking of questions that are important to you.

My work is has always been very, very personal.

If you write something that's personal, there's going to be elements of yourself in it.

I'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.

I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

I think you have to ask questions that are scary to ask, and you cannot apologize for that, and you cannot worry what anyone else thinks about your journey.

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

A writer needs a life of introspection.

The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.

Writing is how I metabolize life and how I give and receive.