Clear Quote by James W. Pennebaker

Writing is a way of processing our lives. And it can be a way of healing.

— Jan Karon

“Writing is more than just a method to tell stories. It’s a way to find healing, and to healing others.”

— M. Kirin

Medicine has an immediate impact, the ability to do good. Writing is such a solitary activity.

— Uzodinma Iweala

Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

— Julia Cameron

I don't think academic writing ever was wonderful. However, science used to be much less specialized.

— Stephen Jay Gould

Prose, narratives, etcetera, can carry healing. Poetry does it more intensely.

— Ted Hughes

For the writer, discovering the work he will write is both like a miracle and a wound, like the miracle of the wound.

— Edmond Jabes

I think writing is very, very therapeutic.

— Marie Lu

Writing is very liberating and therapeutic.

— Natalya Neidhart

“Writing therapy is my form of healing. Try and detach yourself from painful memories by infusing characters and then stepping back.”

— Phil Wohl

For me, writing became a way of processing not just my own experiences, but the experiences of other people, and their pain.

— Lisa Joy

Writing makes you more human.

— John Updike