William Styron Quotes

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time — for jittery people.

Part of my therapy is to write.

I got problems. I freak out, go to a shrink, go through all kinds of therapy and stuff, but I'm learning how to deal with it. That's why I've chosen one hour a night to get all of my aggressions out. to really tell the world the way I feel.

People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life.

I wrote the song 'Angels Standing By'... to try and soothe myself - rock myself to sleep, basically - because I was so scared and stressed.

I use the music to vent, and a lot of the stuff that I am writing about or was writing about contained a lot of anger and anxiety, stress and depression, so that's how the album came out so dark.

It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy.

Prayers out of, very often, not the most religious part of me, but the most anxious part of me, the most desperately loving, fearing part of me.

I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time.

I don't need therapy. I'm not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

If I wasn't writing poems I'd be washing my hands all the time.

I don't put myself under pressure.

It's incredibly liberating to spend an hour talking to someone and not caring about what you sound like. It's about understanding myself. Sometimes I'll speak to my therapist for an hour a day. It's become part of my routine.

We experience moments absolutely free from worry. These brief respites are called panic.

Since the goal of my programs is to show audiences how humor can both help them heal as well as deal with not-so-funny stuff, I decided to discuss the events of the previous week, the pain all of us were feeling, and how humor and some laughter might be beneficial.

I love therapy. I swear by therapy. I couldn't exist without therapy.

A lot of interviewers are looking for the dark side. They want to know about the depths of your despair and fear.

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness, melancholia, the panic and fear which is inherent in a human situation.

The weeds keep multiplying in our garden, which is our mind ruled by fear. Rip them out and call them by name.

Whenever people are faced with any sort of adversity... they tend to gravitate toward things that make them comfortable, and things that they feel are important.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another.

I definitely use my music to kind of alleviate my stress and get me through specific moments in time where I'm just being really tough on myself.