Kathryn Stockett Quotes

I just write about what makes me sad, and then when I write, I hear myself. It's like therapy, where I write something sad and then I make it happier or hopeful.

When I write sad songs, I feel like I'm sewing up a scar in me, and the outcome always feels so much better than when I write happy ones.

There's no better way to process pain than to write.

I start with something that makes me angry or confused, and then I write about it. It's a form of self-help.

Writing for me is definitely a form of ventilation - a way for me to cope and deal with emotions. I think it is for any writer.

Crying is cleansing. There's a reason for tears, happiness or sadness.

When I write, it's to heal. It's my own self-therapy so that I don't actually feel sad all of the time.

Sadness is a necessary emotion. It's maybe not the most pleasant one to have, but it's cathartic.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

It's really funny - when I'm depressed or I'm having a hard time, I'll write really fun stuff. And then when I'm really happy, I write really depressing stuff.

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out.

May I make a suggestion, hoping it is not an impertinence? Write it down: write down what you feel. It is sometimes a wonderful help in misery.

It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!

One sheds one's sicknesses in books - repeats and presents again one's emotions, to be master of them.

I guess I usually write when I'm in a really intense headspace, because it's my form of self-therapy.

My parents' divorce left me with a lot of sadness and pain and acting, and especially humour, was my way of dealing with all that.

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

It's not that I was crazy. It's just that I was sad at times because the world was sad at times. When I would perform, it wasn't sad anymore.

Saying things on paper that I would never, ever say, and saying things to myself, admitting things to myself, about myself and my personality, just putting it on paper, is how I deal with emotional pain.

My music is really my therapy. I really lay all my feelings into the songs, and really just leave 'em there. I don't carry that weight when I'm going throughout life. I'm not sad all the time.

I always find out after the fact that the books I've been writing were actually some sort of therapy, some sort of, you know, self-examination that I had to write the book in order to complete.

In the immediate aftermath of the separation I just wrote and wrote and wrote. And wrote and wrote and wrote. Thank God I had that as an outlet.

Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a problem, editing your thoughts, and writing some more can help you control issues that you face.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs.