What I wanted in life always was to write something as good as ‘Pinocchio.’ I wanted to write. I wanted to evolve. I wanted to grow. Patti Smith Read Quote
In the ’60s, I used to love rock magazines; I’d cut out pictures of Bob Dylan and John Lennon. Patti Smith Read Quote
I get up, and if I feel out of sorts, I’ll do some exercises, I’ll feed my cat, then I go get my coffee, take a notebook, and write for a couple of hours. Patti Smith Read Quote
I know that some people have different personas for the different things they do, and I’m not criticizing that – maybe it’s a good thing – but I’m the same old person, so I take everything in stride. Patti Smith Read Quote
It’s not uncool to worry about people who seem like they’re going on the wrong path. There’s nothing cool about being self-destructive. Patti Smith Read Quote
I voted for Obama. I was very happy when he won. But Obama hasn’t really been able to effectively do anything that has made me… He hasn’t helped the environment. He didn’t close Guantanamo Bay. He went deeper into Afghanistan. Patti Smith Read Quote
I always wrote. I wrote every day. I don’t think I could have written ‘Just Kids’ had I not spent all of the ’80s developing my craft as a writer. Patti Smith Read Quote
I have great respect for my parents. I got such beautiful things from both of them. It doesn’t mean that we didn’t have our rough times, but they were remarkable people who were open-minded, creative and hard-working, and had great senses of humor. Patti Smith Read Quote
I was raised in rural south Jersey, and there was no culture there. There was a small library, and that was it. There was nothing else. Patti Smith Read Quote
Polaroid by its nature makes you frugal. You walk around with maybe two packs of film in your pocket. You have 20 shots, so each shot is a world. Patti Smith Read Quote
