Art of living Quote by Sterling Lord

“Around Jack (Kerouac) there circulated a palpable aura of fame and death.”

— Gary Snyder

“I was impressed with Jack [Kerouac]’s commitment to serious writing at the expense of everything else in his life. At a time when the…

— Sterling Lord

Jack Kerouac did what he most wanted to do. He wrote great prose. He became the writer he wanted to be.

— Joyce Johnson

[Jack] Kerouac was writing fiction. What he did when he wrote about me...he made me out with Russian Countesses and Swiss accounts and other…

— William S. Burroughs

Kerouac's books portray a hero and narrator free and easy, confident, sure of his rebellion against the American system. In reality, Jack was torn…

— Gerald Nicosia

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

“I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographical novel about Jack Kerouac,…

— Cory Doctorow

“Treece quite seriously divided the world into writers, who led life as a conscious effort, and people, and people who didn't; sometimes he preferred…

— Malcolm Bradbury

“The writer’s special talent is to empathize with people and imagine their lives. We know them as we write them.”

— Kay Kenyon

“He has discovered the truths that keep writers chained to their desks: the primacy of the inner life and the sheer exhilaration of creating…

— Barbara Klein Moss

“Jack thought of his wife, filled with nothing but sorrow, wandering the earth remembering the dead and happier times.”

— Natasha Solomons

“Always write with passion. Think of writing as a way of bringing all your hopes, dreams, and thoughts to life.”

— Cherlina Works