No one is drawn to writing about being happy or feelings of joy. Votes: 2
Writing is my therapy. My feelings build up inside of me and then I sit down and write a song. Votes: 2
Because I don't have to be careful of people's feelings when I teach literature, and I do when I'm teaching writing. Votes: 2
This is not Tolstoy. I don't want to know what critics and professors think of what I'm writing. It might hurt my feelings. Votes: 2
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song. Votes: 2
I seem to have a natural tendency to want to share my own observations and feelings with other people, and writing seems to be the way I'm best equipped to do that. Votes: 2
I love long sentences. My big heroes of fiction writing are Henry James and Proust - people who recognise that life doesn't consist of declarative statements, but rather modifications, qualifications and feelings. Votes: 2
I like writing for children. It seems to me that most people underestimate their understanding and the strength of their feelings and in my books for them I try to put this right. Votes: 2
I feel like part of getting better at writing is knowing where to find that inspiration. Right after something happens to me, the first thing I'll do is go write when those feelings are really, really fresh. Votes: 2
My mother had always taught me to write about my feelings instead of sharing really personal things with others, so I spent many evenings writing in my diary, eating everything in the kitchen and waiting for Mr. Wrong to call. Votes: 2
I'm trying to get in the habit of, you know, picking up a book and learning how to write my feelings down, not my feelings but my thoughts, about things, and hopefully I'll moving toward the writing and directing thing soon. Votes: 2
Once you're done being president, you tend to want to defend your record more than plumb your inner feelings. I find it hard to imagine Obama going home at night and writing sensitive, introspective journal entries about his meeting with John Boehner. Votes: 2
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. Votes: 2
If it is indeed impossible - or at least very difficult - to inhabit the consciousness of an animal, then in writing about animals there is a temptation to project upon them feelings and thoughts that may belong only to our own human mind and heart. Votes: 2
I grew up writing thank-you notes. Real, honest-to-goodness, pen-and-ink, stamped and posted letters. More than simple habit, it's about what the commitment to expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing says about the character of the writer. About the joy such notes bring to the reader. Votes: 2
Writing is very much an emotional process; it requires you to be very in touch with your feelings. That is the opposite of what you're taught as a medical doctor. We're supposed to be detached and logical. Maybe because I started off as a writer and then became a doctor, I'm able to integrate those two. Votes: 2
Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.' Votes: 2
While I was writing 'The Spare Room,' I thought, 'I'm going to look really bad in this book - there's no redeeming this kind of awful, ugly emotion', and I thought, 'I'm not going to change it. I'll call the character 'Helen' and admit to those feelings.' I think this is a reason why people write. Votes: 2
I think romance is friendship and attraction sort of meeting together and that does influence what I'm writing a lot. I try to establish the attraction, obviously, but I also think it's important to show the characters having actual conversations about things other than their feelings for each other - and to develop their friendship on the page. Votes: 2
Poets deal in writing about feelings and trying to find the language and images for intense feelings. Votes: 1
Writing is a splendid sorter of... feelings, better even than paint. Votes: 0
I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Votes: 0
I know that I was able to find my way out of most of my feelings by writing. Votes: 0
Because I write intuitively and image-by-image and moment-by-moment, my writing has to be powered by feelings and emotions. Votes: 0
It's just writing about things, feelings, not that we're dark or depressed...just as much as anyone else is. Votes: 0
Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings. Votes: 0
I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember. Votes: 0
The thing that usually gets me through the writing is that my feelings of wretched inadequacy are irregularly punctuated by brief flashes of omnipotence. Votes: 0
In some ways I'm a reticent man, and for quite a number of years there wasn't very much of my real true deep feelings in my writing. Votes: 0
Writing for me is a dragnet that carries everything away with it: expressions and figures of speech, postures, feelings, thoughts, troubles. In short, the lives of others. Votes: 0
We are writing stories with light and darkness, motion and colors. It is a language with its own vocabulary and unlimited possibilities for expressing our inner thoughts and feelings. Votes: 0
Feelings are never stupid, they just make us feel stupid sometimes. Votes: 4 Laurell K. Hamilton
The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words. Votes: 6 William H. Gass