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Jack Kerouac Quotes

Notoriety and public confession in the literary form is a frazzler of the heart you were born with, believe me.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Heart Me Believe You Born Public

I don't know why records are treated different than books. I don't know why an Eminem record is different than a Stephen King movie.

King Know Why Different Records

We are spending more as a percentage of our entire economy, almost 25 percent, than we have spent at any time since the end of World War II.

Time War World End More Economy

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.

Stephen Collins

Business Doing Now Knowing Month

There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it.

Purpose Strong Need Pretty Film

I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.

Myself Think Realistic Opera Soap

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

Purpose You Find Out Who

I wanted to entertain and make people laugh. I think it really hit in third grade, but once I was in high school, I joined chamber choir. I wanted to do musical theater, too, but they had rehearsals at the same time. That was a bit of 'Sophie's Choice.'

Time School People High School Think

The Iraq war was fought by one-half of one percent of us. And unless we were part of that small group or had a relative who was, we went about our lives as usual most of the time: no draft, no new taxes, no changes. Not so for the small group who fought the war and their families.

Time War Small New Group Changes

It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.

Shoes Man Someone You Psychedelic

I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.

Life Art I Am Poetry Language Quiet

It's work to play the same songs the same way for 70 shows.

Work Play Way Same Songs Shows

I'm very grateful for what I have. I'm old enough that I can mort out at any minute without any sense of regret at all. That's not true. I might look back and think I wish I hadn't been so selfish when my kids were smaller. But I'm not overwhelmed by regret.

Grateful Selfish Regret Think Wish

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