Tituss Burgess Quotes

If you want to express yourself, you need the services of a lover or a psychiatrist; if you want to express a book, you might conceivably manage it.

Anyone who has problems, or worries, anyone who laughs and cries, anyone who feels can write. It's only talking on paper... talking about the things that matter to us.

Sometimes I journal three pages, sometimes I journal thirty pages, but I'm writing all the time, and whatever's happening is happening in real time for me.

I'm shy, and I can hide behind my acting and discover the truth about myself because it's cathartic in that way. But I tend not to read reviews.

I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.

Writing helps me to create order out of chaos and make sense of things. It helps me to understand what I've experienced, what I've felt and seen, so it becomes a little easier to handle. On the other hand, I don't want it to be just a cathartic experience, an outpouring of grief or whatever it is.

I've always written down how I feel.

The reason I write is that I'm not in dialogue with my emotions; writing puts me in touch with myself.

Outside of family, writing is essential. To me, it's like breathing.

Acting is therapy. It keeps you in contact with your feelings.

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know, I'm going to write the truth.'

You know early on when you're given a gift that can keep you sane. That's what acting does for me. It keeps me honest and keeps me sane.

My only way of processing anything for me is by writing.

The question isn't, 'What do we want to know about people?', It's, 'What do people want to tell about themselves?'

Part of my therapy is to write.

I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was younger, and I think its good for young girls to try and express what they are feeling on paper; it's cathartic.

Growing up, I wasn't as comfortable expressing myself as I am now, and I think that's why I chose acting: because it's acceptable to have your feelings. It's a place that they want you to feel. Whereas in life, growing up, it was 'Be quiet!' and 'Keep it to yourself.'

I have been blessed with roles that allow me to express something very personal at a specific time in my life. I seek them out; acting is my therapy.

Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.

I don't see it as a form of healing, because if you have wounds that are bleeding I don't think acting will ever get them to stop. But I find acting is a form of illumination.

My act has always reflected what's going on in my life.

Today I start a diary; it is against my usual habbits, but out of a clearly felt need.

I paint self-portraits because I am so often alone, because I am the person I know best.

I wish that I wasn't such an odd mixture. I wish I was serious, but I do love high heels and romantic comedies: being in them and watching them.