On a Terrence Malick set, your thoughts are his voice. You think you're thinking, but actually he's thinking for you. He speaks to you, and he's the voice in your mind.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.
What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
One of the things that writing and speech can do is express what we're thinking one thought at a time.
If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.
I don't know that we really think any thoughts; we think connections between thoughts. That's where the mind moves, that's what's new, and the thoughts themselves have probably been there in my head or lots of other people's heads for a long time.
All of us have a 'voice' inside where all inspired thoughts come from. When I talk to children and aspiring writers, I always ask them to turn off the TV and listen to that voice inside them.
Your body hears everything your mind says.
I speak my mind. That's who I am.
Speak your mind, even if your voice shakes.