Empathy Quote by Matt McGorry

Writing really evokes empathy in a way very few things can do.

— Erin Gruwell

I've always been a very emotional person and as a child. I guess writing felt like something that I could do in private to…

— Arlo Parks

My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings…

— Cathy Guisewite

I think empathy's a terrible danger for a writer.

— Richard Flanagan

I have a lot of empathy, and I think that's where mothering starts. You are there to empathise and facilitate.

— Viv Albertine

If writing really is empathy, then understanding your place in society might actually help you achieve it.

— Rumaan Alam

I have a lot of empathy for women who fit their writing into the crevices of their too-busy lives, as I once did.

— Christina Baker Kline

I think one of my better gifts as a writer is empathy.

— Jonathan Tropper

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 is weaponized empathy. It's putting yourself in someone else's head. It's finding what's in them that relates to you.

— Tom King

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served…

— Alex Flinn

My mother hid the struggle from us children. She complained about her salary, and she had a tough time. Although she became a headmistress,…

— Derek Walcott