Tamora Pierce Quotes

A successful social technique consists perhaps in finding unobjectionable means for individual self-assertion.

I was brought up to express myself only when asked to express myself, and then to do so in a way that's pleasing to hear. But I've always had a need to make my presence known. I was just sort of born that way, I guess. It's my natural tendency.

I am who I am. I'm going to speak my mind.

My mom was real loud and that made me speak only when spoken to. But even as a child, if you challenged me, you would get both barrels.

I am a man and if I have an opinion, I will say it.

I've been outspoken forever about everything.

I have always been communicative. I can't help it if I have been misunderstood. Sometimes, people don't like straight answers.

People know that I'm very outspoken. I've learned that when I talk, it usually comes off very aggressive. It's not that I'm aggressive - I'm very stern.

Communicating and being loud is a big part of my game.

It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting, articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little - have few verbal means. Eloquence - thinking in words - is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality. In groups, it's more natural to sing, to dance, to pray: given, rather than invented (individual) speech.

I want to be outspoken! I want to say my opinions and I hope they’re taken in the right way. I don’t want to stop being free ... and I won’t...

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

What I say is what I say, I don't always say the right thing, I don't always say the politically correct thing. I don't have any regrets about that.

I think that nobody gets mad at me anymore, no matter what I say, because I don't think I'm mean. I am interested in what's next.

I say what I have to say at the moment and when I don't want to say it anymore, then I won't.

They're not parallel at all. They're my concerns, but how they're expressed particularly on the page is completely divorced from who I am in my street life.

I, fortunately, have never worried about irritating people.

I will always speak my mind.

I have to get way more vocal and become a little bit less mysterious.

Individual; that means he has his own special way to communicate, which creates the form of him. In the information age, this expression and communication has become so different.

It is always chilling, in friendly intercourse, to say you have no opinion to give.

Although we do come from a silent profession, it is important for us to verbalize what we want to say. (As I tell my students): you could love someone all your life, but if you never say it how are they going to know? There comes a point when you have to say what you mean, which makes you scream louder when you dance.

Freedom means the capability to say yes when yes is needed, to say no when no is needed, and sometimes to keep quiet when nothing is needed - to be silent, not to say anything. When all these dimensions are available, there is freedom.

I’m not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance

What's the point of wearing your favorite rocket ship underpants if nobody ever asks to see 'em?