Atmosphere Quote by Oscar Hijuelos

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

— Ishmael Reed

Writing a book is an emotional odyssey, sometimes exhilarating, other times deflating.

— Ryan O'Neal

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

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'm writing about emotions.

— Sara Bareilles

When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative - thinking of it and then expounding on it.

— Chance The Rapper

Novels can fill in the spaces about what that emotional resonance is.

— Quiara Alegria Hudes

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is…

— Crystal Bowersox

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage

— Anne McCaffrey

As a writer, I'm always mindful that not everyone is going to feel the same way I do about something, so my emotions are…

— Cher Lloyd

Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions.

— Fred D'Aguiar

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

— James Broughton