Dolph Lundgren 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 been writing a lot of poetry recently. It helps me think and work things out.

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.

Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and writing some more can help you control issues that you face.

One of the reasons that I think I do love to write is because I did have a difficult childhood and not so great teenage years. It always helped me escape from my problems.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

Instead of slashing my wrists, I just write a bunch of really crummy songs.

You can punch a wall or write a song. Just as painful either way, but you have something to show for it at the end of the day with a song.

When something irritates me, I don't go home and write; I just don't do that.

I sing because it soothes me, and I write because I want to let others know that they're not alone with their problems.

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.

My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.

Music was my one way to vent.

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 about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

I love music. It's freedom, a way to deal with pent-up frustration.

If I couldn't get published tomorrow I'd still be writing. It's something to do with feeling so overwhelmed by this experience of life that you have to tell someone about it, and in a way that reorders the experience to make it manageable.

'Downward Spiral' felt like I had an unending bottomless pit of rage and self-loathing inside me and I had to somehow challenge something or I'd explode. I thought I could get through by putting everything into my music, standing in front of an audience and screaming emotions at them from my guts.

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.

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

When something is bothering me, I write a song that tells my feelings.

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

Music is a very powerful thing. If I'm angry, I can write a song about it, and it seems to make everything okay.