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Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

I'm writing about emotions.

There's usually a rhythm and a melody in my head, and that creates an emotional state.

But, in addition, there is, all through the tragedy, a constant alternation of rises and falls in this tension or in the emotional pitch of the work, a regular sequence of more exciting and less exciting sections.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

I always prefer to write songs about emotional situations and heartbreak because I like getting into the character.

Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.

I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.

I'm an incredibly emotional person, but I always feel bad about that. The work is therapy... I need to emote wildly while I write. I weep. I'll laugh, get excited, and get up and pace. I try to take the emotional journey with the characters.