Cathartic Quotes

I do find acting cathartic.

— Francesca Annis

Great art is cathartic; it is always moral.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Tart, cathartic virtue.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's always cathartic for me to write music.

— Santigold

Boxing was really cathartic for me.

— Zoe Buckman

Being so honest in my writing is cathartic.

— Brian Molko

Music for me is very therapeutic, it's very cathartic.

— Sarah Barthel

I knew early on that acting was cathartic. It was powerful.

— Paul Raci

I've always considered my music cathartic, I always called it therapeutic music.

— Jelly Roll

I've been doing some writing, which I find very cathartic and fun.

— Cary Elwes

“Self-destruction can be cathartic in the worst ways possible.”

— Cody Edward Lee Miller

There's something about doing stand-up that's cathartic.

— Dave Chappelle

Sometimes punching a bag for half an hour was pretty cathartic and pretty necessary.

— Esme Creed-Miles

Killing characters on television has become an easy short cut to cathartic emotion.

— Nic Pizzolatto

Talking about my deepest and darkest secrets to the world makes me feel better. It's cathartic.

— Sam Smith

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation...

— Aldous Huxley

Everybody should write a book whether you get it published or not because the experience of sort of taking it all and…

— Gary Dell'Abate

I cannot imagine a more satisfying calling than my own: beauty, humanity, and history every day, combined with the cathartic joy of…

— Renee Fleming

I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But…

— Eamonn Walker

I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.

— L'Wren Scott

For me as an actor, I find it's most creative when I'm bringing myself into the role rather than putting the role…

— Finn Jones

I have an interest in giving people a cathartic experience, and making them look at homeless people differently, and making them question…

— Paul Bettany

I would be lying, if I said that sometimes it is just a job that you show up for because you're getting…

— Julianne Moore

A friend of mine had died, and I went for an audition. It was weird and cathartic: the producer was very excited…

— Darren Boyd

Writing is very cathartic for me. As a teacher, I hear many students say that writing can be painful and exhausting. It…

— Francesca Lia Block

You try to tap into a memory and you close your eyes and it comes back. So I was doing this in…

— Jose Parla

Why is the public so interested in movies about the wealthy? My answer is that Shakespeare wrote about kings. That's where the…

— Nicholas Jarecki

I feel that the power that storytelling has to change people, to bring them together, to have that cathartic sort of experience,…

— Karla Souza

Songwriting can be cathartic, but then you just keep it private. If you're going to play out and have other people listen…

— Patterson Hood

There's often times a big difference between what you actually thought/felt in a situation and what you think you thought/felt. You have…

— Marie Calloway

Another response to racism has been the establishment of unlearning racism workshops, which are often led by white women. These workshops are…

— Bell Hooks

“Poetry is cathartic only for the unserious, for in front of the rush of expressive need stands the barrier of form, and…

— William H. Gass

At the age of 50, I did "Celebrity Fit Club" and I had to get on a scale and be weighed in…

— Maureen McCormick

It is suggested that all written works, including this one, have dangerous implications to the vitality of an oral tradition and to…

— Harold Innis

The Life Cube Burn is cathartic, fun, exciting, and even reverent. It's a spectacular opportunity to put a sense of finality to…

— Scott Cohen

I really think, if anything, there is more evidence to show that the violent games reduce aggression and violence. There have actually…

— John Carmack

Abused as we abuse it at present, dramatic art is in no sense cathartic; it is merely a form of emotional masturbation.…

— Aldous Huxley

Reform is a good replete with paradox; it is a cathartic which our political quacks, like our medical, recommend to others, but…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Comedy can be a cathartic way to deal with personal trauma.

— Robin Williams

My head translates emotions into song. Songwriting is cathartic for me.

— Antoniette Costa