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I'm always thinking of stuff; I just don't sit down and write it. I come up with material more as I go along; if something funny happens, I'll make a note of it on my phone.

— Wanda Sykes

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Usually, I walk around and think about things. When I come across a thought that makes me laugh, I write it down.

— Demetri Martin

I don't write material. Funny things happen to me in the course of a day, and I just make notes.

— Kevin Hart

When I'm writing, I think about the garden, and when I'm in the garden I think about writing. I do a lot of writing by putting something in the ground.

— Jamaica Kincaid

I usually write things in my head before I ever write them down. When I write it out, usually I've already figured out what it is I'm trying to do.

— Joss Whedon

I often have trouble falling asleep at night, so when I'm lying in bed I think up stories. That's where I do a lot of my thinking. I also get a lot of ideas while I'm reading - sometimes reading someone else's stories will make me think of one of my own.

— Linda Sue Park

Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.

— Jeff Tweedy

I'm always writing something. There's always some structure sitting around someplace. There's always things on the computer, things scratched on score paper, legal tablets full of lyrics. It's never not buzzing around me all the time. I'm always doing it.

— J. D. Souther

✗Opposing Perspectives

Write down everything you can think of, no matter how stupid it seems. I always write down my thoughts throughout the day. Sometimes good things come out of it, and I'll find an idea to develop into a song, so my best advice is to try and draw inspiration from everyday things.

— Daya

I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that.

— Joe Haldeman

When I'm writing something and I'm really into it, that's all I can think about, and it becomes the most important thing in the world to me, and it may not be that, in reality.

— Ray McKinnon