Analysis Quote by Jimmy Carter

I'm an emotional sort of person in general and I have a vivid imagination, so I feel the whole spectrum of emotion strongly when…

— Erin Morgenstern

I feel often very close to the ecstasy and anguish which lie at the very heart of poetry - I am writing a lot.

— May Sarton

I often start writing in order to excite an expansive emotion.

— James Broughton

Often I find that poems predict what I'm going to do later in my own writing, and often I find that poems predict my…

— Erica Jong

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

One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling.

— Jennifer Egan

I started writing for myself when I didn't know how to understand how I was feeling, and I didn't know how to talk to…

— Sharon Van Etten

I tend to think of myself as a highly emotional writer. It's all coming out of the deepest feelings, out of dreams, out of…

— Jonathan Lethem

I know that when I think of myself as being utterly worn out, when I think that somehow I have nothing more to write,…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Often as a poet I find that I am somewhat outside an experience I want to hold onto, consciously taking mental notes or writing…

— Natasha Trethewey

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

When I'm sitting writing, I know that something works if I've made myself cry, or laugh, or have a visceral emotion.

— Brit Marling