#emotional

...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ... ↗

— John Geddes

#weeping #writing-from-the-heart #writing-process #writing-secrets #writing-process

Real optimism is not the pep talk you give yourself. It is earned through the labor involved in emotional housekeeping. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#mental-health #optimism #pep-talk #mental-health

I was emotionally and physically punched in the stomach. This is not a place where you go and deliver the lines and then you come back. It's kind of a life-changing experience. But it can't get better than this for any actor - this is like an opera. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#any #back #better #come #deliver

We were discussing civilization and the fact that young men among the Greeks at that time were idiots and uneducated, so the men had emotional and friendly relationships with members of their own sex. ↗

— Marion Zimmer Bradley

#civilization #discussing #emotional #fact #friendly

On the mountains mistakes are fatal. In politics, mistakes are wounding emotionally, but you recover. Personally, wilderness helps me get back in touch with natural rhythms, helps me reflect and, in the process, restore my creativity. ↗

— Mark Udall

#creativity #emotionally #fatal #get #helps

Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature. ↗

— Xun Zi

#eat #emotional #fill #human #human nature

I think so much depends on how you are feeling mentally and emotionally. I try to keep my head on tight, and try to feel good, and just go out there and not be afraid. ↗

— Delta Burke

#depends #emotionally #feel #feel good #feeling

I loved getting to do Promised Land with him. I mean, he's really there for you. We did one very emotional scene in the church. He's just a wonderful acting partner. You feel very safe with him. ↗

— Delta Burke

#church #did #emotional #feel #getting

I do seem to like to combine the dramatic emotional warmth of strings with the grooves and body business of drums and bass. ↗

— David Byrne

#body #business #combine #dramatic #drums

I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#characters #damaged #drawn #emotionally #i