Lynn Johnston Quotes

I find it easier to write about stuff that is frustrating.

Unfiltered venting to a friend about difficult situations can be helpful. But it can work against you if your life turns into complaining.

It's nice to let some anger out sometimes.

When you feel the need to moan and groan, laugh with woeful recognition and eat flaky pastries. If you hear yourself taking the art of complaining a little too seriously, ask yourself what you're trying to accomplish, exactly.

Writing has never been like therapy for me, but blogging comes a little closer - I can smack-talk freely and frequently, and this is good for me.

I have a lot of aggression in me that needs to come out in a not-very-precise or articulate way.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary of a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

People complain not because something sucks. People complain because they're looking for empathy and to feel connected with those around them. Unfortunately, complaining is maybe the least useful way to connect with other human beings.

I used to have a rant all the time when things went wrong, at everybody around me, because you just have to get the frustration out.

If I wanted to curse you out, I would write everything I wanted to say to you in my diary, and it was like screaming in my head. After that, I would have no feelings for you; I wouldn't be mad at you or upset because I already said it to you when I wrote it down. That's what writing did for me.

I think talking things out is therapeutic.

Writing fiction was a way to take the ideas that troubled me or confused me and put them under pressure.

I love smashing stuff.

So I'm not worried about the emotions I carry with me, because I'm happy that I have them; I think it's good for the work I do. The emotions that are not healthy are the ones you hold inside, like anger.

The upside to anger? Getting it out of your system. You got to express your anger. Then you have room for more positive things. If I hold something in a long time, and then I speak it, it's amazing how the light shines so much brighter.

If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.

I'm perfectly happy complaining, because it's cathartic, and I'm perfectly happy arguing with people on the Internet because arguing is my favourite pastime - not programming.

I went through a period where I just wanted to punch everybody. Since then, I've had a lot of therapy and I've figured a lot of things out.

I guess a psychiatrist would say there's some good to the venting process, but it does also promote an attitude of saying, 'Hey there's nothing wrong with being filled with hate; there's so much of it around.' I don't like that.

In Boston I got to a point where I thought I was putting out fires more than being a baseball coach. And some of it was my fault. I was getting stubborn. My fuse was a little shorter than it needed to be. And that helps nobody.

Screaming is bad for the voice, but it's good for the heart.

To communicate with each other, we got to get mad at each other sometimes.

I've always been one of those people that, if I am angry, I just hold it in. And I always kind of, like, wrote it in a song and put it aside for myself because it helps me get it out. It's almost like exercising; it's almost like that for me.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.