“A confessional passage has probably never been written that didn't stink a little bit of the writer's pride in having given up his pride.” LittlesGivenBitsWrittenPrideLittle BitPassagesGiven UpStink Author:J. D. Salinger
“I think that if I get into the habit of writing a bit about what happens, or rather doesn't happen, I may lose a little of the sense of isolation and desolation which abides with me. My circumstances allowing of nothing but the ejaculation of one-syllabled reflections, a written monologue by that most interesting being, myself, may have its yet to be discovered consolations.” IfsThinkingWritingMayLittlesHappensBitsLosesInterestingWrittenHabitCircumstancesReflectionIsolationAllowingConsolationDiariesMost InterestingDesolationMonologuesBeing MyselfEjaculation Author:Alice James
“Gatekeeper was sort of my first attempt to put a little bit of a frame and boundaries around songwriting, and try to figure out a way to approach it that had a sort of end result in mind. I havent written many like that.” WayTryingMindFirstsLittlesEndsBitsResultsWrittenFiguresApproachLittle BitBoundariesSongwritingEnd ResultsGatekeepers Author:Feist
“If you say to me: "Master, it would seem that you weren't too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense and pleasant mockeries," I respond that you are hardly more so in finding amusement in reading them.” IfsSeemsReadingBitsWiseWrittenMastersFindingsPleasantNonsenseAmusementMockery Author:Francois Rabelais
“As a consumer, if I heard someone who said, "I've written this song," and then I found out it wasn't by them, it's a bit disappointing. A lot of the guys that do that are really talented and they've made some incredible music, but they get addicted to having success and feel too much pressure, so they get other people to make sure that their next song makes money.” PeopleIfsFeelsMadeSaidGuySongNextFoundBitsToo MuchWrittenHeardPressureIncrediblesMaking MoneyConsumersDisappointing Author:Howard Lawrence