Concentrate on what you want to say to yourself and your friends. Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness. You say what you want to say when you don't care who's listening.
To express unafraid and unashamed what one really thinks and feels is one of the great consolations of life.
Don't be afraid to use all the colors in the crayon box.
There's power in looking silly and not caring that you do.
It is the free spirited men and women that we most admire and often envy - those individuals who dare to be themselves.
If I create with my heart almost all my intentions remain. If it is with the head - almost nothing. An artist must not fear to be himself, to express only himself. If he is absolutely and entirely sincere, what he says and does will be acceptable to others.
I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored
If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going to pull your punches and second-guess yourself and not do things because you're worried, then don't write. Stay home and do something else.
Courage, the original definition of courage, when it first came into the English language -- it's from the Latin word "cor," meaning "heart" - and the original definition was to tell the story of who you are with your whole heart.
What would it be like to communicate from a part of your own self that is absolutely free from self-consciousness, that is fearless, uncorrupted, and passionately interested in the truth?.
I regret not dancing more, just cutting loose on the dance floor. I still admire those who don't care much about what others think of them.
I think if you can dance and be free and not embarrassed, you can rule the world.
Do you know what constitutes a great poet? He is a person without shame, incapable of blushing. Ordinary fools have moments when they go off by themselves and blush with shame; not so the great poet.... If you really have to quote someone, quote a geographer; that way you won't give yourself away. (p 44)
