Natascha McElhone Quotes

I am probably exaggerating a little, but I owe my equilibrium to ink and paper.

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

I've been in situations before where something was going on, and that's the only way you can kinda cope with it is to write about it.

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

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

Writing has always helped me to make sense of difficult things.

I think writing is very, very therapeutic.

I write about what's on my mind. It's like a stress reliever.

I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing.

Often, I write to feel better and to heal - to cope with things that I'm dealing with. I'm either writing to get out of a feeling or to get into the feeling, to feel it more. Usually it's the perfect remedy, but if it isn't, I focus on other parts of what I'm making that don't involve writing. If neither are working, I simply forfeit the day.

I'm less crazy and unhappy when I'm writing.

I started writing to save my life.

My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.

Music is so therapeutic for me that if I can't get it out, I start feeling bad about myself - a lot of self-loathing.

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

I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.

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.

Writing helps me process things that are happening to me.

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

It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy.

I don't journal to 'be productive.' I don't do it to find great ideas or to put down prose I can later publish. The pages aren't intended for anyone but me. It's the most cost-effective therapy I've ever found.

I just feel very lucky to be able to write fiction because I think, otherwise, I would have had to spend a fortune on a psychiatrist - and I still wouldn't get 1/100th of what I get writing fiction.

I think journaling is an important, intrinsic experience, and a lot of us don't spend enough time on it.