Lynda Barry Quotes

The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.

I've always drawn on bits and pieces of my own life.

I decided with 'Savage Season' to use a lot of things in my life as the basis.

My life is at least as intricate as my readers' lives. People say that 'The Artist's Way' changed their lives, but when they talk about 'Floor Sample,' they tell me, 'I was with you all the way.'

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

Everything I've written has been personal and touched on things that I needed to deal with in my personal life. So I just feel that writing is great therapy, and the best writing comes from truth, and so I mine my life constantly for that.

People ask, 'Are your things autobiographical?,' and I think, no, they're not autobiographical directly, but of course my life has informed my work.

So much of my own life inspires what I write. Whether it's work, family, friends, motherhood, I am a writer who tends to write what she knows. In 'Revenge Wears Prada,' a great deal of my own life finds its way into the book.

We've always written from personal experiences.

I write about personal experiences.

Certainly, I devote my energy to both telling my personal life story and seeking self- obliteration. However, I will not destroy myself through art.

I write from my life, my experience. I'm selfish that way.

Inspiration for my music just comes from, you know, my life experiences.

My inspiration comes from my real life experiences.

Though my stories aren't autobiographical, I do sometimes use things from my life.

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

I think it's nearly impossible to write something fictional without having it be about yourself in some way or another.

I don't write about my life in my column.

Everything I've written is based on something that has happened to me or something that I know a great deal about.

As a writer, I wouldn't know how to not take things out of my life.

My autobiography was simply the story of my life.

Life happens, and I write about it wherever I am.

I only write about what I do, what happens to me.