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Joy Harjo Quotes

I started writing to save my life.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: May 9, 1951

Topics

Life Writing My Life Started Save

I feel like I'm doing what I love. If I can get out, shoot, film and climb, and be with my friends and family, I'm happy. It doesn't take a lot. I don't need to climb huge mountains. I have a deep connection with wilderness and the environment, and I'm thankful for that.

Family Love Thankful Mountains Happy

I'm from New York City. I grew up in the city. Suburban life was very odd to me.

Life New York City Me New Up

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

Comedy Play Ridiculous Always Divine

I want people to hear the honesty in my singing, and that I'm not hiding behind anything. It's raw. It's not for any arrogance or ego. It's just pure feelings.

Honesty People Singing Ego Arrogance

It's only possible to see people when one is able to see the world as others see it.

Robert Anton Wilson

People World Possible Others See

I had rock-star dreams from 8 or 9 almost nonstop. I thought it was going to be like being a god on earth: having as many women as you want whenever you want them, having super powers, being incredibly wealthy, never doing laundry.

Dreams Women God Thought Doing You

My life is not separate from my music, you know? It's not like a day job that I leave and go home. It's who I am as a person and how I am trying to grow, come closer to God, be a better person.

Life Home Music God Day Job

I often say poetry was my first love.

Luis Alberto Urrea

Love Poetry Say First First Love

We are all innovators, we all like to use our imagination, which is our greatest tool.

Imagination Tool Greatest Like Our

I've never heard of a comedy that hasn't had reshoots, especially for the ending of a movie in a comedy.

Ending Comedy Never Movie Heard Had

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Women Evil Thought Church Christian

I was in Nepal and I had watched Oprah Winfrey's show. I had no idea, as a kid in Nepal, who she was, but I remember watching an episode of hers about living your dreams.

Dreams Your Dreams Remember Living

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