Believe Quote by Bell Hooks

Writing has freed me from the despair of living.

— Anita Brookner

Paradoxically, the only thing that helps when I'm feeling despairing about writing is to write.

— Laura van den Berg

I don't write stories about despair. I write stories about hope.

— Mark Waid

I routinely oscillate between exultation and despair. Maybe at the end of the day I feel pretty good about what I've written, but the…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

— Mason Cooley

I have written only what I have thought through, felt through and suffered through.

— Vasily Grossman

A lot of my work comes from a place of despair or fear. I often write in order to gain some sort of control…

— Lauren Groff

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

— Chuck Palahniuk

Writing reminds you that you're never alone. Writing and reading is to be optimistic.

— Richard Flanagan

Writing eases my suffering . . . writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

— Gao Xingjian

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

— Isabel Allende

Panicky despair is an underrated element of writing.

— Dave Barry