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title: "10 Writing Therapeutic Quotes by 10 authors"
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> [I think writing is very, very therapeutic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marie-lu/i-think-writing-is-very-very-therapeutic/)

[Marie Lu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marie-lu/)

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> [I think, in general, I find writing to be very therapeutic and singing in itself to be really therapeutic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-van-etten/i-think-in-general-i-find-writing-to-be-very-therapeutic-and-singing/)

[Sharon Van Etten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-van-etten/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/sharon-van-etten-3210_find_i-think-in-general-i-find-writing-to-be_1093695.png)

> [I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-marie-presley/i-was-always-writing-music-anyway-i-just-sort-of-fell-into-it-writing/)

[Lisa Marie Presley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-marie-presley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/lisa-marie-presley-8719_music_i-was-always-writing-music-anyway-i-just_2536934.jpg)

> [I never attended a creative writing class in my life. I have a horror of them; most writers groups moonlight as support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zadie-smith/i-never-attended-a-creative-writing-class-in-my-life-i-have-a-horror-2/)

[Zadie Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zadie-smith/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08f/zadie-smith-584_class_i-never-attended-a-creative-writing-clas_2857573.png)

> [I'd gone through the ups and downs and curveballs that life throws at you. I found writing to be very therapeutic and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-hennessy/i-d-gone-through-the-ups-and-downs-and-curveballs-that-life-throws-at/)

[Jill Hennessy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-hennessy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/837/jill-hennessy-48847_curveballs_i-d-gone-through-the-ups-and-downs-and-c_691102.jpg)

> [There have been periods in my life where I have experienced depression. It has been through some of my darkest moments that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerry-rafferty/there-have-been-periods-in-my-life-where-i-have-experienced/)

[Gerry Rafferty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gerry-rafferty/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e2/gerry-rafferty-41147_been_there-have-been-periods-in-my-life-where_1128971.jpg)

> [The writing is therapeutic for me, it's an introverted process, I'm really inside my head. It's a really obsessive process. The live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-torres/the-writing-is-therapeutic-for-me-it-s-an-introverted-process-i-m/)

[Fernando Torres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-torres/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/436/fernando-torres-6957_introverted_the-writing-is-therapeutic-for-me-it-s-a_3223858.jpg)

> [Exercise and writing are so therapeutic to me. I try to write every day and I make it a huge priority to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sadie-calvano/exercise-and-writing-are-so-therapeutic-to-me-i-try-to-write-every/)

[Sadie Calvano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sadie-calvano/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e9/sadie-calvano-33036_class_exercise-and-writing-are-so-therapeutic_2241309.jpg)

> [Well we never set out to write a concept album. I've always used song writing as a therapeutic release so in that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-ragan/well-we-never-set-out-to-write-a-concept-album-i-ve-always-used-song/)

[Chuck Ragan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-ragan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/chuck-ragan-23704_albums_well-we-never-set-out-to-write-a-concept_281297.jpg)

> [Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-kawasaki/writing-is-therapeutic-it-helps-you-cope-with-issues-that-seem/)

[Guy Kawasaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-kawasaki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7f/guy-kawasaki-1292_control-issues_writing-is-therapeutic-it-helps-you-cope_3130381.png)

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