Art of life Quote by Jenni Rivera

When I was first approached about doing an autobiography, I said, 'absolutely not.' But when I sat down, memories came pouring out. It wrote…

— Julia Cameron

Recreating the experience of, say, bereavement in my own head is pretty rough. I was used to switching off from emotions every day of…

— Karen Traviss

In order to handle emotional pain I cry. I vent. I zone out in front of the TV to escape. Then, after I allow…

— Trista Sutter

I was a teenager and it was tough years for me. Being able to bring myself into a character and live in somebody else's…

— David Morse

After the initial flurry of media interest, I was left to figure out how to move on with my life - and that proved…

— Katharine Gun

I just sort of write the book I feel like writing given the emotional place I am in my life at the time.

— Bret Easton Ellis

It was failing part of my Ph.D. that led me into novel-writing. By then I was 29, had remarried and had a second baby.…

— Kate Atkinson

I'd love to be able to write again, but I'm so repetitive. And it was all about fear. Never positive. Just indulgent about my…

— Charlotte Gainsbourg

It was traumatic but exhilarating to feel what my father felt. I remember the ache of the separation from the people I loved. I…

— Nate Saint

Telling my story has not been easy for me. I've had to dredge up memories I would have rather forgotten. The lonely, anxiety-ridden months…

— Chirlane McCray

I was pretty troubled for a long time. And I didn't know that. As a kid, I never talked about my emotions. My mom…

— Sharon Van Etten

I wish I could go back and re-write my first novel for the first time. Because I really didn't know what I was doing,…

— Peter Straub