Figure Quote by Arlo Parks

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

— Iris DeMent

If I feel something, that's all there is for me at the time. But I also have a raging case of attention deficit disorder.

— Eliza Dushku

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

— Brit Marling

I feel and take in people's energy. Sometimes, I feel the pain of other people.

— Charlamagne tha God

I started writing for myself when I didn't know how to understand how I was feeling, and I didn't know how to talk to…

— Sharon Van Etten

I can't help but feel that stuff that comes to me by chance or on purpose, whatever, tends to reflect where I am as…

— Kyle MacLachlan

A lot of times, I know there's something bothering me but I don't know what it is. Then I start writing and it's like…

— Jon Rahm

Feeling alone while you're going through something actually exacerbates the symptoms of it.

— Christina Applegate

All my indispositions have their source in my mind. It is when I am restless and unhappy that I become susceptible of cold, damp,…

— John Constable

As a person I'm often overwhelmed by emotions, so I write them down.

— Arlo Parks

I think my characters with my fingers, I think my characters with my guts. But when I say I think them, that is what…

— A. S. Byatt

Sometimes I have a feeling that I just can't get rid of. Sometimes there's an experience that I want to write about that I…

— Edward Hirsch