“Any system which allows men to choose their own future will end by choosing safety and mediocrity, and in such a Reality the stars are out of reach.”
“I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.”
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about.”
“People call you this or that. But I can't respond because then it seems like I'm defensive, you know, what does it matter, really?”
“Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.”
“Time, O my friend, is money! Time wasted can never conduce to money well managed.”
“[The damage in New York was] greater than expected.”
“I'm not interested in parts where they are looking for a good-looking guy. I want to be a weird little sidekick in a crazy comedy and then play like a dark drama or a thriller.”
Benjamin Britten Composer
Christopher Isherwood Novelist
Dylan Thomas Poet
Ezra Pound Poet
Philip Larkin Poet
Robert Frost Poet
Stephen Spender Poet
T. S. Eliot Playwright
William Butler Yeats Poet