Believe Quote by Francesca Lia Block

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

Depression isn't the almighty ruler of your destiny. Even its familiar traits - grief, anger, despair - you find that you can use in…

— Margo Jefferson

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

When I'm depressed is when I'm not interested in writing anything, whereas some people, I think, are spurred to creativity through their personal experiences…

— Julia Holter

To me, I don't write when I'm depressed. If I'm depressed, which is actually rare, I'm not doing anything, you know, and I'm not…

— Nick Cave

I can't not write, if I don't then I get really depressed.

— Alanis Morissette

Writing has always been a sanctuary or a refuge for me, any time I'm stressed or anxious or worried I find that a couple…

— Christopher Paul Curtis

“The depressed don’t write books. People who are happy write, people who travel, are in love, and talk and talk with the conviction that,…

— Elena Ferrante

If I'm not writing a thing, depression might be looming.

— Sarah Manguso

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

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

— Juan Gabriel

I guess there are a lot of writers out there who get really inspired when they're depressed. I can't write about being depressed until…

— El-P