Anthony Kiedis Quotes

When we put the pen to paper, we articulate things in our life that we may have felt vague about. Before you write about something, somebody says, 'How do you feel?' and you say, 'Oh, I feel okay.' Then you write about it, and you discover you don't feel okay.

If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book.

I've always used poetry to explain myself to myself. These things just sat in my psyche and then came out.

I want to get within myself and write. I really, really want to write.

Writing has always been the primary way I make sense of the world.

I don't know why I write what I write.

At the typewriter you find out who you are.

Whatever's going on in my life shows up in the writing room.

I do actually enjoy the process of putting my thoughts down on paper and having people actually read them.

I think writing gives me creative freedom.

I think that writing is a process that tells you what you think. You sometimes actually don't know what your opinion is until you hear yourself trying to piece it out and have it make sense to you. The process itself is so bizarre and mysterious that you never know what it's going to tell you.

Everything you need to know about life can be learned from a genuine and ongoing attempt to write

A writer is rarely so well inspired as when he talks about himself.

I never thought I could write this much and now that it's coming to an end, I feel sad that I have to stop, sort of the way you feel at the end of a really good book and you know you're going to miss the main character. But in this case, the main character is me! Myself. Joe (formerly JoDan) Bunch. —Joe Bunch

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.

Part of my therapy is to write.

I do not just write, I write what I am. If there is a secret, perhaps that is it.

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

I started out life as a writer, and writers write in part because they don't want to talk.

To me, letters have always been a robust medium of sublimation. I don't remember what I was like before I learned my ABC's, but for as long as I can remember I have made them with my fingers and felt them in my bones.

I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.

Writing is thought crystalized on a piece of paper, which can then be reviewed.

During 'Hawthorne', I was constantly trying not to be too outrageous and keep it serious. This has been so refreshing for me because it's such a good outlet for the inner me to just be. That's the whole point of 'Glee' anyways - to just be who you are and that's enough. I really feel that way on set.

When I go back and read my journals or fiction, I am always surprised. I may not remember having those thoughts, but they still exist and I know they are mine, and it's all part of making sense of who I am.

Writing is a really good first step toward that goal of knowing yourself.