"It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones."

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Source : "Crooked Fingers". Interview with Alison Fields, pitchfork.com. March 1, 2002.

Eric Bachmann

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Easier Quotes

“If the United States and the United Nations truly want peace and security let them fulfill the hopes of the common people everywhere - let them work together to accomplish on a worldwide scale, precisely the kind of democratic association of free people which characterizes the Soviet Union today.”
“The brotherhood of man is an integral part of Christianity no less than the Fatherhood of God; and to deny the one is no less infidel than to deny the other.”
“The best jokes are dangerous, and dangerous because they are in some way truthful.”
“Develop confidence in your innate qualities and believe that these qualities will be brought to fruition.”
“If you're regularly willing to give a critique, but not willing to take one, you're not a leader, you're a cynic.”
“Depressions and mass unemployment are not caused by the free market but by government interference in the economy.”
“It was like death by a thousand paper cuts.”
“He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for awhile, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages.”

Source : John Bellairs (2002). “House with a Clock in Its Walls / Ghost in the Mirror Flip Book”, Puffin

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