Mental health Quote by Sei Shōnagon

“Depression was my body's way of grieving the loss of my childhood dreams. Writing was my imagination's way of redefining them.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

“Not all writers are sad... All sad people write.”

— Sad Girls Lang Leav

“You say you're a writer but you're depressed. Not an excuse; write from there. Write some depressing sh*t. Believe me. You will have plenty…

— Stanley Christopher

“Writing is the best anti-depressant.”

— Fierce Dolan

“The depressed don’t write books. People who are happy write, people who travel, are in love, and talk and talk with the conviction that,…

— Elena Ferrante

“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering. It cheapens and degrades the human experience, when…

— Tom Waits

“The only thing worse than writing is not writing.”

— Buffy Cram

“Some days I dread writing dreadfully, but I do it anyway. I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to writing something better.…

— Anne Quindlen

“All writers pen sad stories to garner sympathy.”

— Aporva Kala

“Do you suffer when you write? I don't at all. Suffer like a bastard when don't write, or just before, and feel empty and…

— Ernest Hemingway

“Writing was a defeat, it was a humiliation, it was coming face-to-face with yourself and seeing you weren't good enough.”

— Karl Ove Knausgård

“Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.”

— Bohumil Hrabal