Chris Martin Quotes

It doubles your perception, to write from the point of view of someone you're not.

I don't really distinguish between sympathy and honesty when I'm writing. The two go together - I'm interested in inhabiting my characters, seeing the world through their eyes.

I write my songs because I've lived them.

I hope my pieces have an authenticity to them, but my job is to filter the world and tell a story, not to define and recreate exactly what's going on.

For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.

To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.

I'm not sure that all books aren't that way. I think that might apply to any book I was writing. The book was kind of the product of this enormous infatuation I had, not only with the office and office politics, but with perspective, and trying to tell a story from as wide a range of perspectives as you possibly can. I tried to capture it all with the first-person plural, but once I settled on that, I used it to tell the story from as many angles as I could. I guess, to put it romantically, it was about a love affair with the craft of perspective.

What I am after, above all, is expression.

I'm probably more personal when I'm acting than at any other time. More open, more direct. Because it allows me to be something that I can't always feel comfortable with when I'm living my own life, you know? Because it's make-believe.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

So I wanted to explore all points of view of that, not just the girl's but his point of view as well. Only by directing it could I explore all the points of view.

My music is the most 'me' thing about me. Everything is in my music.

I do love editorials - you're free to do whatever you want and portray a different character.

Know that there is so much more to you than your body. It's not just about perfecting the steps; you must trust your instincts to tell deep, emotional stories through the steps that you are performing.

My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something that works.

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that way, but the more genuine and sympathetic you are to different points of view and situations, the more real the story is.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

Singing is about telling a story. When you are onstage, you get to be your own self... When acting, you're someone else.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

My job, and that's my job, is to dress the naked truth. To make it interesting, to make it viable, to make it seem like something you understand and feel and love.

Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn.

I feel what I sing, and I sing what I feel. Really, that's all I can do.

Well, I make every song I sing personal. I've never chosen a song that wasn't.

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings.