Anne Tyler Quotes

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.

Writing is very cathartic for me.

Part of my therapy is to write.

My work is therapeutic: 'Monster's Ball,' 'Woodsman' and 'Shadowboxer,' because I don't go to therapy, and I sort of live life through my films.

I really don't feel that writing is therapy.

Writing is how I stay sane. It's completely necessary.

Writing is a type of therapy for me. I'm always trying to break down what happened, and why I felt a certain way.

I don't really write for catharsis; I get that kind of work done in therapy.

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy.

I do find acting cathartic.

I love writing and directing because it's great therapy. Every project I've done, there's been a personal connection.

I tend to write songs critiquing myself. The best way for me to deal with stuff is to write a song about it... That's not to say all my songs are like that.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

If I ever stopped being angry, I couldn't write anymore. How could I?

Any of the rewards or accolades or any of that are very nice and everything but the music is what saves me. And it did. I would write my way out of any kind of depressing period.

Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.

Those artists who say that somehow therapy or analysis will thwart their creativity are completely misinformed. It's absolutely the opposite: it opens closed doors.

I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist - and I still wouldn't get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.

I had enough therapy to know when I broke it down, it became clearer to me: Yes, comedy was kind of a cleansing thing for me to do.

I think blogging, by and large, is basically therapy. And I'm sure, and I know, that there are some terrific bloggers and some legitimate bloggers. But I think, by and large, a huge percentage of people who are blogging are doing it for self-therapy.

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things all out.

I wrote 'Saved' as a form of therapy to get over the fact that I had moved and lost so much of myself.

My only way of processing anything for me is by writing.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.