Authority Quote by David Amram

I saw [Allen Ginsberg] more as an old man who liked poetry and who had a lot of physical and emotional problems. We liked…

— Ai Weiwei

Just remember that William Blake wasn't even published in his lifetime. Ya gotta keep creating.

— Kris Kristofferson

Allen Ginsberg was a remarkable guy. He was himself. He was an original.

— Nat Hentoff

What is ironic is that Allen Ginsberg's importance was in its twilight for so many years that it took his death to bring it…

— Rita Dove

I think Allen [Ginsberg] was a person who's like a child.

— Ai Weiwei

“WHAT IS NOW PROVED WAS ONCE ONLY IMAGIND —WILLIAM BLAKE”

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Alan Ginsberg was fabulous. The man is so filled with energy. He's 65 years old and he's just loaded with energy and charm and…

— Ray Manzarek

I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny.

— Denise Mina

From orphanages to space colonies, it was all shallow but endearingly enthusiastic futurism. Gingrich was the kind of person who read a book or…

— Molly Ivins

Blake has always been a favorite, the lyrics, not so much the prophetic books, but I suppose Yeats influenced me more as a young…

— Anne Stevenson

Warhol influenced me because of his writing. If I had never read his writings and interviews, I would never have understood his work.

— Ai Weiwei

Among contemporaries, I hugely admire Alice Munro, our Chekhov, Saul Bellow, Philip Roth, and John Updike, American masters all. I also believe that the…

— Cynthia Ozick