C. S. Lewis Quotes

Till that word can be dug out of us, why should they hear the babble that we think we mean? How can they meet us face to face till we have faces?

The best writing really does come from the deepest, most private part of you.

It is part of me; I could definitely be that if I wanted to, I just choose not to. I mean, I am an actress at my core, and I think we're all a little crazy.

Everybody is original, if he tells the truth, if he speaks from himself. But it must be from his *true* self and not from the self he thinks he *should* be.

A lot of us are too busy focusing on what we think people want to hear, as opposed to just saying what's in our hearts.

What makes me happy about the show, and what I hope people take away from it is: "Just be yourself." I know that's supremely corny, but I really think that just being honest with yourself and being honest with everyone around you is the best way to live.

And long we try in vain to speak and act Our hidden self, and what we say and do Is eloquent, is well -- but 'tis not true!

There's the dual challenge of wanting to speak from an authentic place, and then being able to be honest about it. Even in the most mannered art, I think that's what people value, is a voice that comes from a real place.

I was looking for what was coming from a man's soul and a man's conviction. I didn't care about his past. If it was innate and natural and felt good to him and it communicated.

It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from your own experience.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.

My interest lies in my self-expression - what's inside of me - not what I'm in.

Soul is about authenticity. Soul is about finding the things in your life that are real and pure.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Art is about expressing the true nature of the human spirit in whatever way one wishes to express it. If it is honest, it is beautiful. If it is not honest, it is obvious.

Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

Our scribblings are usually not lyrics but whirrings, without colour or resonance, like the tone of an engine-wheel. I believe that the cause lies in the fact that when people write, they forget for the most part to dig deeply into themselves and to feel the whole import and truth of what they are writing.

If there's one theme in all my work, it's about authenticity and self-expression. It's the idea that some things are, in some real sense, really you - or express what you and others aren't.

I have always written from a personal place.

I just sing what I feel in my heart. I ain't trying to prove nothing, and I don't think I ever did.

Be authentic, be true, sing what's in your heart.

I read a quote to the effect that we are always writing about ourselves no matter what we're doing. That may be so.

I do always write from a personal place.

Do stuff that is true to your own experiences.