Think first of the action that is right to take, think later about coping with one's fears.

- Barbara Deming

For me, writing is a kind of coping mechanism.

- Chuck Palahniuk

Give me rampant intellectualism as a coping mechanism.

- Chuck Palahniuk

I want my characters to really overuse their coping mechanisms to the point where they break down within 300 pages.

- Chuck Palahniuk

I didn't do drugs. It wasn't my thing. But the drink was terrible. Today when I look back, it's like I was another person. You could call it a coping mechanism, but that would be an excuse. I just drank too much.

- Gary Oldman

The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism.

- John Bradshaw

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

- Joanne Harris

'Johnny' was a coping mechanism who could take those things which could have ordinarily destroyed me, by tweaking my past and throwing it back out there, getting laughs from things that would have otherwise upset me.

- Johnny Vegas

I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.

- K. A. Applegate

Routine is part of coping.

- Lorene Scafaria

Lying is not only a defense mechanism; it's also a coping mechanism and a survival technique.

- Monica Raymund

Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.

- Malcolm Bradbury

I've always had a quirky way of looking at things. It's my coping mechanism.

- Sherri Shepherd

I'm not coping very well with all the attention, if I'm honest.

- Sienna Miller

Music for me is not just being on a stage and singing. It's my coping mechanism.

- Tessanne Chin

Problems are not the problem; coping is the problem.

- Virginia Satir