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Eve Babitz Quotes

I met Harrison Ford at Barney's Beanery. And I met Steve Martin at the bar at the Troubador. He said he wanted to be a stand-up comic. I thought that was the worst idea because he was so square, so Orange County.

Eve Babitz

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: artist
Nationality: american
Birth: May 13, 1943

Topics

Thought Said Orange Worst Bar Idea

I'll tell you where my heart is - my heart is just to try to give back.

Joe Craft

Heart You Back Try Tell Give

Poets can't resist the dramatic pull of their lives and so inevitably write autobiographical verse.

John Barton

Write Dramatic Pull Poets Resist

I generally play strong people and scary people.

John Hawkes

People Strong Play Scary Generally

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Soul World Saying You Alive Know

The history of American art, in a way, begins with Jackson Pollock and his big paintings. This theme of bigness - all painters and sculptors have dealt with it ever since.

Michael Heizer

History Art American Way Theme Big

If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.

Steve Coogan

You Something Chase Too Desperately

The way I write is totally instinctive. I just write what I feel or what I find funny - and hope everyone else agrees.

Sophie Kinsella

Funny Hope Feel Find Way Write

On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.

Michael Tolkin

Life Car Daughter Monday Impossible

As a songwriter, we're looking for a good story, and we're always looking to push the limits.

Jon Pardi

Good Looking Limits Story Push

I've been blessed with so many wonderful women friends throughout my life.

Deborah Raney

Life Women Blessed My Life Friends

I was never treated differently. I never felt like I was lesser or I was discriminated against. I've only experienced that after I became an actor.

Anushka Sharma

Actor Never Against Only Differently

Whenever I like a new song, I play it on loop and dance to it. That's my therapy.

Alia Bhatt

Dance Song Play New Therapy Like