Govinda Quotes

Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song.

Writing is my salvation. If I didn't write, what would I do?

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.

When I write, I can shake off all my cares.

I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever.

When I was young, I would just write poems into textbooks in class. Everybody needs that outlet. For me, I think it's less about learning about myself and more about just needing to get things out sometimes.

In the immediate aftermath of the separation I just wrote and wrote and wrote. And wrote and wrote and wrote. Thank God I had that as an outlet.

I couldn't even think about wanting to be something else; I wouldn't let myself visualize another life. But I wrote because I couldn't stop. It was a release, a mental exercise, a way of keeping sane.

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.

I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more grueling than mine.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.

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

You write it down because finally, when it's written down you do get it out of your system somewhat.

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.

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.

Writing has never been like therapy for me, but blogging comes a little closer - I can smack-talk freely and frequently, and this is good for me.

I really don't feel that writing is therapy.

I don't have to lay on the couch and see a therapist because my therapist is in my paint brushes.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

Getting on stage is a bonus, that's my therapy, that's when I can tell stories and it all makes sense.

Writing is the supreme solace.

I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

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.