"I never sit and fill a journal with lyrics. Most of the time I'm trying to write a feeling, not a story. I'm not necessarily trying to describe the details of a place or event so much as the feeling of the thing. It is a kind of weird alchemy that is elusive until it feels right."

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Source : Source: the-talks.com

Matt Berninger

#Writing Quotes #Feelings Quotes #Trying Quotes

“If I was made of chocolate I would melt myself in a car to ruin the interior.”
“Fortune confounds the wise, And when they least expect it turns the dice.”
“Hypertext makes a virtue out of lack of organization, allowing ideas and thoughts to be juxtaposed at will. [...] The advent of hypertext is apt to make writing much more difficult, not easier. Good writing, that is.”
“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”
“The problem of defining exactly what is meant by the signal velocity, which cropped up as long ago as 1907, has not been solved.”

Source : Hans Christian Von Baeyer (2004). “Information: The New Language of Science”, p.135, Harvard University Press
“Life is a reflection of what you think. If your thoughts are negative, the world you see will be the same.”
“Build a rocket ship and leave the earth!”
“I understand all the problems for the Ministry of Defence, of course I do; working within a budget and trying to do so many things is not easy.”

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