Jean Genet Quotes

I'm homosexual... How and why are idle questions. It's a little like wanting to know why my eyes are green.

Jean Genet

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dramatist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 19, 1910 - April 15, 1986

Topics

EyesGreenQuestionsKnowWhyIdle

I realized that even though I had this urge, this longing, to write about other people, in order for it to be emotionally gripping, I needed to be in there somehow.

Jens Lekman

PeopleWriteOrderLongingEven

I do believe I was put here to tell stories and be creative in that way. It's given my life so much purpose and meaning, and it's ultimately what I live for.

Anna Akana

LifeLivePurposeCreativeBelieve

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

John Perry Barlow

ProcessPoliticalWorthTroubleOut

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.

Stephen Gardiner

GreatLightArchitectureDetailSoft

The first thing you have to do is take everything with a grain of salt. You know, you've gotta just look at the goal, focus on what you gotta do and take one step at a time as a whole, as every performance being that's it, that's one objective, and let's just move forward and work on that.

Stefano Langone

WorkTimeFocusStepForwardLook

I've had a lot of cognitive behavioural therapy, and am having a family now.

Trisha Goddard

FamilyNowTherapyCognitiveHaving

Evil has always been here since the world began. Good is what is difficult. It is a work of every day.

Rithy Panh

WorkGoodDayEvilWorldEvery Day

Being famous is wicked. But it's better to be normal.

Rupert Grint

BetterFamousBeing FamousWicked

Today, I'm a candidate for the office of president of the United States of America. My kids can't believe I just said that.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

TodayBelieveAmericaSaidOffice

What women represent to the male is, historically, a big burden. It's a lovely dream, but it's the stuff of literature, art, and everything. Living up to what the male psyche projects onto the female is the stuff of books. You'd need a lot more than an interview to go into it!

Diane Lane

WomenArtLiteratureYouDreamGo

I love and enjoy vocal performance, but I also have a huge passion for comedy and improv.

Colleen Ballinger

LovePassionPerformanceComedyHuge

Everybody is flawed, not just men.

Constance Zimmer

MenJustEverybodyFlawed

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