Manisha Koirala Quotes

I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it.

In all the writers I admire, the common detonator is their courage to walk naked.

There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.

I have to live authentically at all times. And that's part of what makes me an artist. I'm not scared to do that.

I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.

This is what I believe about performing: There is no reason to be on stage - there is no reason to be there - if you're not going to put all your baggage somewhere else and just be honest. Whatever you're doing - screw it up, do great - just be there, and be honest. That's the most important thing.

To write well you must be willing to go naked into the world.

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

A lot of artists are afraid to be themselves and afraid to tell people what it really is.

I can't be interesting, controversial, and the writer I'd like to be if I need everybody to like me and think I'm doing the right thing, because those two things, in my experience, never go hand in hand.

The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.

I just do my thing and try each show to be more honest about why I am and who I am. It's quite tricky and actually nerve-racking to do that. It's kind of a happy train wreck.

I think it's good to be a little more fearless in saying what you feel. In not being scared of the repercussions of that.

I'm not afraid to look bad on the screen.

I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in an open way - artistically.

The idea that we should write towards the unknown aspects of our experience was totally groundbreaking for me. It gave me the license I needed to try to write outside myself. This attitude has deeply informed my approach to fiction, emboldening me to write characters with voices or situations that are vastly different from my own.

The thing about a pick-up line is, even if it works, then what? I just figure you unapologetically be yourself, and if it works, cool.

The biggest risk I've ever taken is going on American Idol and trying to be myself. I wasn't going to try too hard to conform, and I knew that it could possibly not work out.

I was fooling everyone by surrounding myself with funny people. But then I put myself out there - writing my own sketches, going on stage with nobody surrounding me - and for some reason people were still laughing.

I had something I was trying to say and sometimes the message is an easy transmission and sometimes it's a difficult one but I love the power of saying it so I'm gonna do it whether it's hard or easy.

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

I've been surrounded by women my whole life, so obviously I love fashion... But I'd like to do my own thing and focus on what I love. If people accept it, they accept it. If they don't, they don't.

I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.

At first, I was scared to show fear because you can never be sure how people will perceive you. But I dared myself to do that, to stand out. Now I'll talk about being beaten up or robbed or making a stupid decision because of a girl or whatever.