Noel Clarke Quotes

Writing gave me a life.

Writing has always been an incredible outlet for me to feel like I have a voice, even when sometimes I was the only one reading my work. It has been a way for me to unlock my imagination. That's when the world becomes yours, after all.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

It's very difficult to be asking other people for opportunities. It is much more empowering to be creating opportunities, to be the one who is saying, 'Look, I'm going to take this from the ground up and create a story that is meaningful to me as an Asian American and cast it with Asian Americans and have Asian Americans writing it.'

I've always wanted to be a writer, and I've kept journals since I was eight years old.

I am a writer. It's like a third arm to me.

Step forward, use your voice, get out in the world, and live!

Don't wait around for someone else to tell your story. Do it yourself by whatever means necessary.

The two important things I did learn were that you are as powerful and strong as you allow yourself to be, and that the most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision.

I am, in some sense, a writer. Even though I kinda downplay the word thing, I do enjoy writing sometimes.

To a certain extent, this tour is a celebration of individuality and that you can invent and reinvent yourself. You should have the power to be able to do that. Sexuality is a part of that. It should release you. It doesn't have to be an issue. It shouldn't box you in.

Hold up a mirror and ask yourself what you are capable of doing, and what you really care about. Then take the initiative - don't wait for someone else to ask you to act.

One has to take initiative in life to achieve what he or she wants.

I liked to write from the time I was about 12 or 13. I loved to read. And since I only spoke to my brother, I would write down my thoughts. And I think I wrote some of the worst poetry west of the Rockies. But by the time I was in my 20s, I found myself writing little essays and more poetry - writing at writing.

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't trying to get something down on paper.

You might as well go through life the way you want to. If what you want is to be engaged and forceful, to 'lean in,' well, do that.

Writing was my route to creative expression, and I needed to write about the things that interested me.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

Writing has never been a driving force within me.

I want to write more, because I think I've got a story to tell.

There's actually nothing interesting about me except what I write.

I started writing when I was 9 years old. I was like this weird kid who would just stay in my room, typing little funny magazines and drawing comic strips.