Articles Quote by Theo Van Gogh

I've dealt with depression my entire life, on and off, which makes me the perfect author for teenage readers.

— Laurie Halse Anderson

If I wasn't a writer, I would be depressed.

— J. K. Rowling

I'm not sure that the benefit - as a writer and as a citizen - that I would get from reading at least the…

— Sharon Olds

There were times when depression, anxiety, whatever, would keep me from writing. I still get depressed and anxious, but I just don't let it…

— David St. John

There was a really positive environment in my household around a conversation about mental illness, and that helped me never really feel that discomfort…

— Noah Kahan

I would've been able to write anything about mental-health crises had I not felt good.

— Maria Bamford

If I weren't a writer, I'd be a psychiatrist.

— Lisa Unger

Could anyone fail to be depressed by a book he or she has published? Don't we always outgrow them the moment the last page…

— Mary Ritter Beard

I have never been depressed or thrown a plate, which I attribute to the cathartic effects of writing books about people whose lives are…

— Emma Donoghue

I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years.

— Albert Ellis

As a writer who has struggled with depression, the question is one that has long troubled me. Should I resist treatment, on the off-chance…

— Andrew Shaffer

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive stress of…

— Francesca Lia Block