Funny Quote by David Thewlis

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in…

— Natalie Imbruglia

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

— Mason Cooley

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

— Isabel Allende

I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.

— Chantal Kreviazuk

I always, at least back then, struggled with emotion in writing. I felt like I could do odd, unusual things, but there wouldn't be…

— Ben Marcus

I write just because the fire of my emotion is burning. Had I not, I would not have been able to find peace.

— Ba Jin

Part of what motivated my writing was anger. I was angry that the daily misery of doctors, nurses, and patients was being trivialised into…

— Jed Mercurio

My own emotional health issues were bullying me during the time I was drafting that poem. It was a pressure I couldn't pin down…

— Gregory Pardlo

Ive tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

— Jim C. Hines

I think my biggest revelation was to write entirely from the heart, and to convey emotion, even when it meant forcing myself to feel…

— Alex Gaskarth

No matter what situation I'm in, I always feel better writing something in the middle of whatever emotion I'm feeling. So it does help…

— Benson Boone

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

— James Broughton