PartyNextDoor Quotes

Over and over again, I'm trying to express or communicate these big and small struggles to the world, and really to myself.

Why wouldn't you write to escape yourself as much as you might write to express yourself? It's far more interesting to write about others.

'Birdman' came from a very beautiful side of me, from a part of honesty and surrender about things.

My physical transformations - like changing my hair - are usually a reflection of what's inspiring me at the moment.

I want to show people that there's a side of myself other than just the outrageous comedian.

As far as writing, it's grown because I've really grown comfortable with who I am.

I think anything that anyone writes that's any good is going to have a lot of autobiography.

I decided to write books, just to prove to myself that I was still alive, if nothing else.

For true success ask yourself these four questions: Why? Why not? Why not me? Why not now?

I began working quite young, writing, growing, maturing, always striving to top myself - to make people laugh hard at things they know and believe deep in their hearts to be true.

Young writers often mistakenly choose a certain vein or style based on who they want to be, unconsciously trying to blot out who they actually are. You want to escape yourself.

I like to write when I feel I'm the real me.

I write to express my thoughts, my feelings. I want people to think.

I try to find what is closest to me in the character. There's many sides to personality, but it's a matter of, do you entertain those specific areas of your personality, or are you afraid to entertain them?

There are different sides to me; I wanted to make a personal film but I would not want to make any film that does not reflect me in it. At least, not right now. I'm just too young to be doing that.

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

You never know what motivates you.

I really don't have any secrets. I've never met a photographer whose work I respected that had a secret because the secret lies within each and every one of us.

At the typewriter you find out who you are.

Usually I write about what I care about, which is a weakness but I think also a strength.

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.

I think my music is so personal that it lets people in. And they identify with me more because of that, you know, so it's like my story; it's who I am as a person.

I've gotten this advice at different times, and it distills down to one word: purpose. Why are you here? When you start to get distracted by thoughts such as 'Do I fit in? Does this person like me?' - remember why you're there and what you want to accomplish.

If I lose touch with that... the reason why I act... then I'll leave it all. I don't do it for fame or money.

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things all out.