“Fresh, solid ideas feel like gifts to writers, therefore every morning is Christmas.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“You ask me why I don't speak Not a word at will But write so much worth well over a mill' Well… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It starts off like climbing a tree or solving a puzzle - poetry, if nothing else, is just fun to write. But… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.” — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
As a writer of philosophy, it's good to ask oneself, 'Will I still believe this a week from now, or months, or… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Love is one of those topics that plenty of people try to write about but not enough try to do. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I write about adversity, I praise adversity, not to be pessimistic, but rather to strengthen myself. The more familiar that you are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“As a poet there is something about joy I find hard to express, whereas every other emotion is rather simple. For instance,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“By far, the hardest part regarding a work of art, apart from the start, is knowing precisely when to stop...It's growing up,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Divinity for the sake of the simple-minded is beautiful. Those theological assertions you write, say, or live by that you later feel… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently.… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The writer's curse is that even in solitude, no matter its duration, he never grows lonely or bored. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“One of the shining exceptions in personalities is that writers do not need to be charismatic in their own persons; they are… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Religion, like science, is only noteworthy when it emphasizes a matter of what is true rather than whose belief is greater or lesser or… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The hated man is the result of his hater's pride rather than his hater's conscience. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that he gets no special… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I would rather my descendants have greater abilities and a greater knowledge of the love of Christ than I do, much like standing on… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Peace is more of an internal settlement rather than what is visible on the external. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Our entire lives we witness individuals, the ones who break some of the most culturally sensitive moral codes, ruined permanently by the media -… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
I believe in evolution in the sense that a short-tempered man is the successor of a crybaby. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
