Anything Quote by Jesmyn Ward

It took me a long time to write again because Katrina destroyed the home I loved, and that robbed me of hope.

— Jesmyn Ward

The world, post-Katrina, was a hard time for my city. The hardest time. For people who didn't live through it, no words can fully…

— Wendell Pierce

Writing about what happened to my brother and to my family was awful. It was hard to look back at how much suffering there…

— Akhil Sharma

My family and I survived Hurricane Katrina in 2005; we left my grandmother's flooding house, were refused shelter by a white family, and took…

— Jesmyn Ward

I write about different things. Anything that has affected me. Anything that I have liked. Anything that I feel strongly about. Any experience.

— Tabu

I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.

— Dolly Parton

Writing is a type of therapy for me. I'm always trying to break down what happened, and why I felt a certain way.

— Lulu Wang

The reason I started writing was because I was a little kid in San Diego who was getting beaten up by her dad and…

— Dorianne Laux

Writing about my illness put me into places. It was very triggering. I had to completely remove myself and practice self-care. I learned to…

— Jenny Lawson

The two years I spent solely writing for other people kind of took me away from myself.

— LP

I write about personal experiences.

— Ananya Birla

So often survivors have had their experiences denied, trivialized, or distorted. Writing is an important avenue for healing because it gives you the opportunity…

— Ellen Bass