Katie Piper Quotes

I wasn't quite used to writing a diary - I didn't understand why people did it - but I wrote down notes and they went into a poem.

For me, poetry was... the fastest way to express what I was feeling, what I was going through.

My songs are just little letters to me.

I write about what is getting to me at the time, about the things you need to talk about, but which would sound silly if you sat down and told them to your friend. I only write for myself, to get my emotions out. It's self-therapeutic.

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

I started writing songs by myself. That always came from whatever I was feeling and being honest about that because I never had any intention of anyone ever hearing them.

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 undertake the same project as Montaigne, but with an aim contrary to his own: for he wrote his Essays only for others, and I write my reveries only for myself.

I used to love writing in my journal.

I probably shouldn't treat interviews as therapy sessions, but I don't keep a diary, so these end up being my way of keeping track of where I'm at and letting it all out.

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

Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

I am always writing to myself.

I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.

When I write for myself, I think about myself and draw from my own experience.

I always had music growing up, but music was also like a journal. It was like my personal diary or personal journal. A lot of the things I couldn't express to an individual, I would express them in my music.

When I have a lot of emotion going on, I'll write. I write letters to my family, my boyfriend, anyone I'm trying to get my point across to. It's easier for me to express myself.

Writing dark poetry was always my escape.

The most real dialogue for me is when I am alone, writing.

I think and write whenever I want an outlet.

I write a lot when I'm feeling bummed, but other times, you get locked in, and it's totally personal. If you're really low and writing, you're not thinking about anybody at all.

As a youngster when I started writing and stuff, I did actually write more from other people's perspectives. When I hit 18 and something happened to me that hurt me, I discovered that writing the truth is really therapeutic and amazing. Every single one of my songs is about something very personal to me and I could tell anyone what it's about, each song. Like a diary, basically.

I advise writing to oneself. If you don't want to read it, nobody else is going to read it.

He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.

In the journal I do not just express myself more openly than I could to any person; I create myself.