Ginsberg's Collected Poems contains a wonderful poem about making it with Neal Cassady. — Thom Gunn Copy Share Image
I never really read Allen Ginsberg poetry, even though I have a book he gave me. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Allen Ginsberg is a tremendous warrior as time goes by. He's a warrior first and a poet second. — Ken Kesey Copy Share Image
Of course, there are some people who behave rudely. Allen Ginsberg used to like to get up in public and take his… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
If I had a soul I sold it for pretty words If I had a body I used it up spurting my… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“I am a more disinterested Ginsberg admirer than Eddie is. Eddie, so to speak, comes to the table with a croupier’s rake.… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing. — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Forty million Americans smoked marijuana; the only ones who didn’t like it were Judge Ginsberg, Clarence Thomas and Bill Clinton. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
“If I were stranded in the woods with nothing to eat but nuts, berries, and the complete works of Allen Ginsberg, I’d… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Ginsberg was the favourite bohemian poet of straight college boys who wanted to transgress, and of gay college boys who were not… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
“Between the whiskers scraggling down his neck and the now-crooked glasses, he could have been the Black Allen Ginsberg.” — Garth Risk Hallberg Copy Share Image
People keep telling me about the white race and the black race - and it really doesn't make sense. I played Miami,… — Dick Gregory Copy Share Image
The Beat Generation, that was a vision that we had, John Clellon Holmes and I, and Allen Ginsberg in an even wilder… — Jack Kerouac Copy Share Image
I think the thing I really got from Ginsberg was that you can tell a story through kind of painting pictures with… — Lana Del Rey Copy Share Image
“Leo a Casavella, que es mi contemporáneo. Leo a Grace Morales, que es mi contemporáneo. Leo Allen Ginsberg, que es mi contemporáneo.… — Javier Pérez Andújar Copy Share Image
“Her shoes were so pink that if she stepped in bubblegum, nobody would be able to see. And my shoes were so… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I think Ginsberg has done more harm to the craft that I honor and live by than anybody else by reducing it… — James Dickey Copy Share Image
[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It's tough to make funny films. And the truth is, with this process, especially if you write your own movie, then you're… — Dan Mazer Copy Share Image
I prefer formal techniques, and use sonnets and rhyme, any manner of scheme to give a shape and order-of feeling as well… — J. D. McClatchy Copy Share Image
I never did know exactly what was meant by the term "The Beats," but let's say that the original meeting, association, comradeship… — Gary Snyder Copy Share Image
My last bedside conversation in the hospital just a few weeks before Allen Ginsberg died was 'please take care of so and… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems.… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
[Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and… — Yony Leyser Copy Share Image
Writing and rewriting are the same thing to me. I don't believe what Allen Ginsberg said that "first thought, then - "… — Lynne Tillman Copy Share Image
My style of performance poetry came from the beatniks, Allen Ginsberg. — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Allen Ginsberg was a remarkable guy. He was himself. He was an original. — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
“Allen Ginsberg startled the audience at OutWrite, the gay literary conference, when he confessed he didn’t worry about AIDS since his sex… — Christopher Bram Copy Share Image
I used to think of that line in Allen Ginsberg's 'Howl', about the 'sad cup of coffee'.. ..I have had cold coffee… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
“Ginsberg and those coffee houses with hungry-looking guitar players never did mean shit to me. They never took their drinking seriously.” — Oscar Zeta Acosta Copy Share Image
I've listened to and know Allen Ginsberg music and met him a couple of times, but I don't have any strong statements… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and… — Ray Manzarek Copy Share Image
I have lots of things that aren't so old that I value, such as a copy of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl," which he… — Stephen Greenblatt Copy Share Image
Allen Ginsberg was a world authority on the writing of William Blake, and had an incredible knowledge of classic literature and world… — David Amram Copy Share Image
I'm doing research for a large comic book on the Beat Generation guys - Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac and those guys — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
I was photographing the photographer Brassaï. He had very prominent eyes, like a frog's. As I focused my lens, he brought his… — John Loengard Copy Share Image
I wasn't trying to be an outlaw writer. I never heard of that term; somebody else made it up. But we were… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
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![“Allen [ Ginsberg] was a particular friend, one of my heroes, really. I knew him almost as long as I've been writing.” quote by Hunter S. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/266/hunter-s-thompson-278_friendship_allen-ginsberg-was-a-particular-friend-o_1185994.jpg)
![“[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen Ginsberg, who gave us our first exposure - this is so long - you can't deal with all this. You see, everything triggers amazing memories. I met him when we were on tour and he…” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/892/john-lennon-322_answers_polythene-pam-was-me-remembering-a-littl_909689.jpg)
![“I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked our time together.” quote by Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/19b/ai-weiwei-824_emotional_i-saw-allen-ginsberg-more-as-an-old-man_1627008.jpg)
![“[Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and relevant, especially [William] Burroughs.” quote by Yony Leyser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/312/yony-leyser-42212_burroughs_allen-ginsberg-totally-helped-that-out-h_1653833.jpg)
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