Emm Gryner Quotes

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

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.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist - and I still wouldn't get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.

I tend to write it and then let go emotionally.

I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are more grueling than mine.

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.

I love pouring my heart out. People don't want to hear you whine when you're with friends, so you can sing about it instead - it's the best outlet.

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.

Being able to scream at the top of my lungs in front of people is very therapeutic. It is a great gift for me to be able to do that.

Lyrically, I personally lean towards venting.

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

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

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.

When I write, it's purging for me. It's a therapeutic process.

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

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

I was going mad. One day, I just started writing, and it was like therapy because I was in a position where I couldn't rage. I never expected to be a writer; it's a different world than I ever expected to be in.

Writing has always helped me to make sense of difficult things.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

The act of writing can be a form of release - a confession performs the same action: putting your inner life on the page or into the hands of a trusted person releases tensions and sheds light on what often seems hidden until spoken - or written.