John Dos Passos Quotes

Have you ever written a letter you knew you could never mail but you needed to write it anyway?

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

I write it to get it out of me. I don't write it to remember it.

I've always written plays for the purpose of getting something out of my system.

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.

Writing has become such an outlet for me that when I don't have it, I just get pent up.

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.

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.

Letters, like compilation tapes, were really vehicles for unexpressed emotions and she was clearly putting far too much time and energy into them.

The mind can be trained to relieve itself on paper.

Sometimes there’s no one to listen to what you really might like to say at a certain moment. The paper always listens.

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.

A few weeks after the worst day, I started writing lots of letters. I don't know why, but it was one of the only things that made my boots lighter.

I write to give myself strength.

I love to cry. It's great.

What's the point of a song if you can't be honest?

I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.

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

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.

I always wrote poetry as a teenager and it was always so dark, but it made me feel good to get it out.

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

Actors want to act; actors want to emote. It's like the emotional equivalent of tearing your shirt off and screaming to the heavens: you want to express, and you want to be seen to be expressing.

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 put my emotions in my music and I want people to relate to that.

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