#write

I'm thought to be a tough writer, but I'm really a softie. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#really #thought #tough #writer

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that moment of clarity to contribute to the song, it's just complaining. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#clarity #complaining #contribute #could #emotional

Augustine, Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath are confessional writers and all three make me sick. I have nothing in common with them. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#augustine #common #i #make #me

My goal as a writer is more to comfort than to disturb. ↗

— Joni Mitchell

#disturb #goal #more #than #writer

To read a book, to think it over, and to write out notes is a useful exercise; a book which will not repay some hard thought is not worth publishing. ↗

— Maria Mitchell

#exercise #hard #notes #out #over

I think it goes back to my high school days. In computer class, the first assignment was to write a program to print the first 100 Fibonacci numbers. Instead, I wrote a program that would steal passwords of students. My teacher gave me an A. ↗

— Kevin Mitnick

#back #class #computer #days #first

I'm like a bad musical cliche because I bring my guitar on the road and try to write songs in hotel rooms. ↗

— Moby

#because #bring #cliche #guitar #hotel

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#discipline #dramatic #hard #hard work #i

Being the only writer on a successful show is very rewarding. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#only #rewarding #show #successful #very

I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose. ↗

— Steven Moffat

#because #become #better #better looking #bit