Taissa Farmiga Quotes

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

These are all personal crises, I'm sure, that I manifest in a song format and project into physical situations. You make little stories up about how you feel. It's as simple as that.

I love to cry. It's great.

Everything I was feeling, all the hurt and the pain and the emotion I was going through, I put into my music.

Music is there to access those dark emotional corners that we don't normally get too close to.

Song-writing is therapy for me. I'm a very moody person, very difficult to live with. There's a lot going on and a lot of contradictions. My life is always one step away from disaster.

Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain.

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

I was caught in a private cycle of sadness and the only conceivable relief I could find was in the telling.

I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

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

I've always been someone who feels better, if I see what I'm going through in a movie.

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 love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess.

It can be really powerful to write something when you're sad.

I have a lot of repression. So repression is what I make movies about.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

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 only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

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

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

I think poetry was always where I went to deal with my deepest feelings.

It was difficult for me to feel my feelings, so I just buried them. Then I found that acting was a way for me to get them out. But now that I'm a reasonably sane adult, acting is more about my trying to engage other people: Acting is cathartic for the viewer as well.