Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist.… — Charles de Lint Copy Share Image
When LOVE played the still hipper Whisky A Go-Go, further west along Sunset, Arthur Lee claims they 'started the whole hippy thing'… — Barney Hoskyns Copy Share Image
My dad was a big fan of comedy. He wanted to be a stand-up. He loved Lenny [Bruce]. He also loved Lord… — Judd Apatow Copy Share Image
“I have tonight begun reading a stupid, shitty book by Kerouac called Big Sur , and I would give a ball to… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Cliches and stereotypes such as "beatnik" or "hippie" have been invented for the antitechnologists, the antisystem people, and will continue to be.… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I'm from the beatnik generation, where everybody wanted to be a poet or writer or something. And at that time, I was… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
There's this whole post-modern, nuevo beatnik, retro-bohemian thing going on, you know what I mean? You walk into some coffee shops, and… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
I like [Count] Olaf's wardrobe, because the whole thing seems like it should be a period piece in many ways, and yet… — Neil Patrick Harris Copy Share Image
The first time I met Prince he invented me to his birthday party in Minneapolis. It was a costume party and I… — Paul Reubens Copy Share Image