Watkin Tudor Jones Quotes

There's never been anything I didn't love that I didn't connect with on a personal level because, to some degree, I projected upon it.

I think people will discover themselves in 'Ankahee.'

If the picture speaks to me, if it tells me something about myself, then I want it. Then I have to have it.

Hopefully when you listen to a song, you can say, 'That's me,' or 'That's someone I know' - you relate to it in a way that's cathartic.

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

People are people, and they want to know about their own experiences.

'Warm Bodies' ended up becoming one of the most personal relatable things I've written.

'Little Miss Sunshine' was really important to me.

Every role you play is literally - and I've said this before - every single role that you play, the only way you can connect to that character is because that was a piece of you that was scattered around that yard, almost like we got caught up in some whirlwind.

I can achieve that by personally relating the words that I am saying to something I have known in my life.

It's possible of course, especially when you're young, to read a book and take it to your heart. And you don't need to speak to anybody about it - it's so important to you: You have found it.

It's a great thing when you feel that you recognize yourself, deeply and movingly, in a work of literature.

I think if a character appeals to you, there are certain parts of yourself will come to the fore and other parts that will play down.

I'm not sure specifically but there's definitely parts of me in Rikku.

Art, in the first place, has to connect with yourself.

Call it egotistical or narcissist, but I think that's what we all look for in books - the right stories that help us make sense of the world that we, on a very personal level, live in every day.

With every role that I do, I always see a little bit of me, a little bit of art and life.

Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.

Circumstance has no value. It is how one relates to a situation that has value. All true meaning resides in the personal relationship to a phenomenon... what it means to you.

You can listen to 'Cosmic' and truly get to know me, which I think is special.

People should listen to my music if they just want to know me better.

The key to good art is to make something that means something to you.

I want everyone who's listening to know who I am and not just see me as this singer. I want them to feel connected to my story.

I've talked with friends about this: when you write about yourself, that's what people connect to. When you write a sermon or a lesson, that may not reach people. I've learned a lot from people who have been writing about themselves.

All my collections are based on something I like or something I'm dealing with. They are always deeply personal.