K. A. Applegate Quotes

After 'Oz,' I've learned how to check out and not let that stuff get in.

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.

You don't have to be alone with your thoughts anymore. You don't have to process anything. You can call up someone to do something to instantly make you sort of feel better.

Escapist literature gets a bad rap. But I think escape is important for a lot of people in a lot of places.

I've been in therapy since I was five, but music goes way, way, way, way, way beyond therapy.

I feel like, as a girl, I would have reacted or maybe been more depressed about some of the things that would have happened in my life if I didn't have music.

Whenever I have a bad day, I tell everybody around me, 'Just so guys know I am having a bad day and I am nervous about these things,' and that makes all the difference.

When I'm too worn out or in pain, I lie in bed and write in my mind.

If I can be writing, I can take a certain amount of control when so much around me is upsetting.

I take a breath when I have to.

A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones' gave me.

I just need somewhere to dump all my negativity.

I found music to be the therapy of choice. I guess it is for a lot of people.

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick.

Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.

Escapism is survival to me.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

If I'm having a really bad day, I always have a girlfriend - or even a guy friend - who I can call. They'll listen to me wallow for a minute and then be like, 'Okay, let's stop. Everything's great. Let's figure out how to fix whatever's bothering you.'

I love therapy. I swear by therapy. I couldn't exist without therapy.

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

Poetry, for me, is the answer to, 'How does one stay sane when private lives are being ransacked by public events?' It's something that hangs over your head all the time.

I think escapism is really important.

Therapy is therapy. Writing is for writing.

It sounds cheesy, but music has saved me in a lot of ways. If I had just continued acting, I don't think I would be alive.