Mark Cuban Quotes

I blog because I have something to say.

If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will.

I do have a right to talk about my life, to tell my truth from my perspective.

Freedom is the basic prerequisite for writing.

Nobody has to give me permission to write.

It's nice being able to speak for myself. Every interview I did for so many years and every time I was in front of the camera, pre-Twitter, there was no way for me to speak for myself. Every interview started with, 'What was it like to work for this man?'

I write what I want to write.

Your voice matters, so protect it.

I don't like it necessarily when other people speak for me.

I'm not seeking for answers; I just want to tell stories and state my opinion.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like.

We need to write because so many of our stories are not being heard. Where could they be heard in this era of fear and media monopolies? Writing allows us to transform what has happened to us and to fight back against what's hurting us. While not everyone is an author, everyone is a writer and I think that the process of writing is deeply spiritual and liberatory.

Everybody's got an opinion, and I was just lucky enough to have an outlet for mine.

I think people have to look at it from a certain view. I say things because, at the end of the day, I can say whatever I want.

If there's something you want to say or talk about, then that's what rap is all about - talking about your own experience.

I believe in voicing out your opinions.

I have never spoken for anyone but myself.

I think writing gives me creative freedom.

I don't have tiffs with people. I only mind my business, but whatever interferes my freedom of expression, I have always voiced.

I've never been that uncomfortable talking about it. Things come out [in the media] about me. When it's out, it's someone else's version of what's the matter with me. I want it to be my version of what it is. My recourse is to do my version.

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect you. They consider that you're not a good artist who can write your own story, even though you were born to write your own story.

It's much more important to write than to be written about.

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.

Starting the blog was a way for me to generate this nonfiction first-person voice naturally, gradually, without feeling performance anxiety. It felt a bit like keeping journals when I was younger, but connecting to an instant readership without having to wait for publication made it also immediately satisfying.