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Patti Smith Quotes

When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.

Patti Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: December 30, 1946

Topics

Desire Young Never Write Secret He

Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.

Jerry Spinelli

Think End You Down Now Need

Someday, maybe we'll recognize that queer is actually the norm, and the notion of static sexual identities will be seen as austere and reductive.

Jenna Wortham

Will Seen Someday Static Queer Norm

But we moderns are impatient and destructive.

John Crowe Ransom

Destructive Impatient

I got my fair share of stick. But I surrounded myself with fabulous girls, and they all loved me because I made them clothes. I remember making them all leopard print tops and tartan skirts for a party we went to once. It's scary to think about it now, actually.

Matthew Williamson

Myself Me Think Loved Remember Now

With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Charlie Brown and those characters was the absence of the parents. Half the strip was about who wasn't there. The parents were never in the picture.

Matt Groening

Loneliness Parents Isolation Thought

My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever. He uses a lot of similes and metaphors. He's a beast of a rapper.

Trip Lee

Music Me Writing Start Artist Beast

Making a strong first impression is as important as ever, especially when meeting face-to-face.

Joseph Abboud

Strong Meeting Important First Ever

In taking stock of ourselves, we should not forget that fear plays a large part in the drama of failure. That is the first thing to be dropped. Fear is a mental deficiency susceptible of correction, if taken in hand before it gains an ascendency over us. Fear comes with the thought of failure.

Douglas Fairbanks

Failure Fear Thought Drama Forget

From the smallest misdemeanor up to the biggest crime, everyone is brought before a judge. And that means there's a huge backlog in the American legal system. There are prosecutors and public defenders and judges who are trying to keep their head above water in the tide of this bureaucracy and red tape.

Clare-Hope Ashitey

Water Red Legal American Judge Tide

Visiting Lucerne is like going to Disneyland: You can't imagine that it is real because it looks like a movie lot.

Brad Thor

You Looks Real Disneyland Going

I like to read about subjects unrelated to my work, especially history.

Bruno Tonioli

Work History Like Read About

I think it's easy for me to connect to some people, and I don't know if that's the same thing as falling in love whereas before, I might have said it was.

Ashley Judd

Love People Me Think Falling In Love