John Crowley Quotes

Look, I'm standing naked before you; Don't you want more than my sex? I can scream as loud as your last one, But I can't claim innocence.

What goes on between a father and a son, which is usually such a private matter, is that they are able to be honest with each other, and be honest with me, as a director. It's just remarkable.

I felt like I had never really heard of a story that reflected the stuff I was going through as a mom. I came up with an idea for a story about motherhood that I would want to read.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

I'm standing naked before you. Don't you want more than sex?

For the first time, I saw what was in his heart, and I wondered if he might ever want to look deep enough to see mine.

Love has the faculty of making two lovers seem naked, not in each other's sight, but in their own.

A mother's body remembers her babies-the folds of soft flesh, the softly furred scalp against her nose. Each child has it's own entreaties to body and soul.

Any but the most brutish of men must be touched with a certain awe or wonder at the baring of a woman's naked soul.

Motherhood changes everything.

I will probably only give birth to two and then the rest will come to our family however it happens. I can only hold two, but you never know. I really want a boy because boys love their mamas!

I've always wanted to have kids. I do think I would be a great mom.

Raising five boys is a handful, trust me.

I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.

When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room.

Sex isn't hard, but intimacy is terrifying.

With music, you're really showing someone a piece of your soul. You're saying, 'This is mine. I wrote this, I made this, I'm performing this. This is how I'm presenting it to you.' There's something really scary about that, but there's also something next-worldly about it, too.

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

Writing songs is super intimate. It's a bit like getting naked.

Even The Impostors, as silly as it is, is a very intimate film, in a way.

I have friends who say, 'You just can't understand what it's like to be a mother until you're a mother.'

Knowing is the most profound kind of love, giving someone the gift of knowledge about yourself.