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
My father shared the ethos of many of the beat writers and was a friend of Allen Ginsberg. Probably for 25 years… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I visited Paterson many years ago - 20 some years ago as a kind of day trip because of William Carlos Williams,… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
When Allen Ginsberg was still alive, he was was an artist, but he was very local. He was just another wing-nut in… — Eric Drooker Copy Share Image
When [Allen] Ginsberg and I founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics - that was 1974 - we referred to it… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Bob Dylan was really mad with my wife. I had asked by Rolling Stone - the only assignment I ever had for… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The right place for the League of Nations is not Geneva or the Hague, Ascher Ginsberg has dreamed of a Temple on… — Ahad Ha'am Copy Share Image
I’m too young and ridiculous a person to speak for my generation, but I’d be happy to talk about my own experiences… — Simon Rich Copy Share Image
What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to… — Rita Dove Copy Share Image
I still had to correct Allen Ginsberg at times when he called women girls. I'd say. Allen please, it's not politically correct. — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
I got Joan Baez to talk and Alan Ginsberg and some of the guys in the band. And by the end of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the… — Reginald Horace Blyth Copy Share Image
![“When [Allen] Ginsberg and I founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics - that was 1974 - we referred to it by a term used by Sufi thinker Hakim Bey, as "temporary autonomous zones." That for me sums up some of Whitman's sense of a community of likeminded people with a certain kind of…” quote by Anne Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a5f/anne-waldman-4046_autonomous_when-allen-ginsberg-and-i-founded-the-ja_2839594.jpg)
![“I got Joan Baez to talk and Alan Ginsberg and some of the guys in the band. And by the end of the piece, another emissary came and said, 'Bob [Dylan] is willing to speak to you now.' And I said with great pleasure, 'No, thanks. The piece is over.'” quote by Nat Hentoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6ef/nat-hentoff-1615_band_i-got-joan-baez-to-talk-and-alan-ginsber_2782009.jpg)
![“Homosexuals are delicate and bad poetry is delicate and [Allen] Ginsberg turned the tables by making homosexual poetry strong poetry, almost manly poetry; but in the long run, the homo will remain the homo and not the poet.” quote by Charles Bukowski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0f1/charles-bukowski-73_delicate_homosexuals-are-delicate-and-bad-poetry_2952094.jpg)
![“Regarding R. H. Blyth: Blyth's four volume Haiku became especially popular at this time [1950's] because his translations were based on the assumption that the haiku was the poetic expression of Zen. Not surprisingly, his books attracted the attention of the Beat school, most notably writers such…” quote by Reginald Horace Blyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/43f/reginald-horace-blyth-18264_assumption_regarding-r-h-blyth-blyth-s-four-volume_2896816.jpg)