Complicated Quote by Eliot Sumner

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

— Isabel Allende

There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

— Juan Gabriel

I need - and occasionally love - to write for the same reasons I always did: hard as writing is, it's generally easier than…

— Jerry Stahl

People say you make your best work when in despair, but I think happiness is a good place to write from

— Paul Weller

I like to write, and I try to be positive and optimistic.

— Keith Hernandez

At least in my case, a very simple, regular, happy life makes for better writing.

— Lauren Groff

I am generally writing about things happening in my own life, in what I hope is a very relatable way.

— Taylor Tomlinson

What I write is emotionally honest and truthful as the human experience can be, to make people feel less alone, or at least that's…

— Mike Birbiglia

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

— Mason Cooley

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life.

— Ernest Hemingway

I like to write when things are calm - and when I'm not worried about my well-being, the well-being of those I love.

— Sabaa Tahir

I just write about what makes me sad, and then when I write, I hear myself. It's like therapy, where I write something sad…

— Jain