Color Quote by Paul McCartney

Melancholy is ... the most legitimate of all the poetical tones.

— Edgar Allan Poe

I'm not writing just about melancholy stuff anymore, I made a point to cover a wide range of emotions.

— Chantal Kreviazuk

Melancholy is sadness that has taken on lightness.

— Italo Calvino

I think my cheerfulness keeps my writing from sinking into the depths of melancholy, while the darker side keeps in check any literary silliness…

— David Starkey

“The melancholy can be black as suicide, gray as depression, white as emptiness and blue as mood. It may appear as fear, boredom, longing,…

— Karin Johannisson

I think melancholy is part of the natural condition, you know. Anyway, I think it's the artist's function to have their melancholy and not…

— Michael Leunig

I think it's probably true that creative people are touched by melancholy more than the average person, and to the extent that delving into…

— David Starkey

There's really nothing wrong with sentimentality... Nothing I wrote is sentimental.

— James Purdy

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

— Mason Cooley

Melancholy is no bad thing.

— Sting

It should surprise no one that the life of the writer - such as it is - is colorless to the point of sensory…

— Annie Dillard

Melancholy is the happiness of being sad.

— Victor Hugo