Jack Kerouac Quotes

The only people for me are the mad ones: the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who... burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles.

Jack Kerouac

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 12, 1922 - October 21, 1969

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LiveTimeYellowPeopleMeBurn

First of all, I respect The Game. He's trail-blazed for artists like myself. I appreciate him, having - living in L.A. myself and knowing what he stands for and what he stood for.

Jidenna

RespectMyselfGameAppreciateFirst

I'm directing episode 10 of the new season of 'Dollhouse' and couldn't be more thrilled. I've visited the set several times in the last year and a half to shadow Joss and other directors in order to prepare. It was important for me to get a feeling for the crew and how they interact.

John Cassaday

ShadowMeYearFeelingNewMore

I don't talk a lot when I interview. My job is to get out of the way.

Anna Deavere Smith

JobWayTalkInterviewOutGet

I consider music like a mirage in the desert. You're obsessed with the ideal piece of music, and the more you think you're getting closer, it's not there.

Jean-Michel Jarre

MusicDesertThinkYouMoreCloser

At one point, I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

MusicThinkingSydneyPointGoing

The computer environment is radically different today. In the 1980s, it was like the Wild West, with a lot of open territory. Now, the cowboys have moved out and the farmers have moved in.

Mitch Kapor

TodayEnvironmentNowFarmersWild

I haven't gotten jobs because I'm famous or I have a big Twitter feed - it's primarily directors. People employ me because I'm right for the part. But then, everybody needs a bit of luck, being in the right place at the right time. You just gotta be in that place for that opportunity to come by.

Jason Clarke

OpportunityTimePeopleMeLuckYou

If we are to maintain a relevant and just industry, we must all open our eyes to the obvious lack of equality in wages, representation, and access.

Jay Duplass

EyesEqualityOpenIndustryObvious

I and haven't been unemployed for 20 years. I'm an exception to the rule.

Denzel Washington

YearsRuleBeenUnemployedException

Animals interest me more than anything else.

Douglas Brinkley

MeAnimalsMoreAnythingInterest

I've heard people, usually writers, say that no one wrote a great book after winning the Booker, but I honestly did not feel any big pressure. 'The Gathering' did hang over me in that it was darker than I thought at the time.

Anne Enright

GreatTimePeopleMeWinningBook

When you're doing a series, you're really in a zone. You're thinking about those characters and their situations in a free-floating way all the time. They live with you all the time. So it's just as natural as breathing to be having ideas and thinking about what they're thinking about.

Winnie Holzman

LiveTimeIdeasThinkingDoingYou

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