Day Quote by Karen Traviss

I realized going back and writing and explaining in details the difficulties I had lived actually became emotional again. It's like therapy but sometimes…

— Jenni Rivera

Reading the final copy of my book was like walking down memory lane all over again. Sure, the writing process was emotional, but when…

— Gigi Gorgeous

I think, when I'm writing, I have a more clinical view than I do when I'm reading. I like pretending to be God and…

— Jay McInerney

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

In fiction you can make up everything to create the feeling. You can manufacture a story with whatever tools you want. With nonfiction you…

— Chelsea Martin

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

My experiences always influence my writing, but usually only on an emotional level. I have experienced death of a family member and it's easy…

— Kim Smith

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

— Lisa Joy

As a writer, you explore all kinds of different emotions.

— Ishmael Reed

Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.

— Ravi Subramanian

“Sometimes, when I read, it's not just fiction while I'm between the pages. It’s real. My heart races when they kiss, and I get…

— Emma Hart

It's always difficult to write honestly of one's deepest feelings, particularly without the protective veil of fiction. But the more difficult, the more rewarding…

— Alix Kates Shulman