#we

I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#artist #artists #connects #example #father

I just noticed recently that in one book after another I seem to find an excuse to find some character who, to put it idiotically simply, is allowed to talk crazy. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#allowed #another #book #character #crazy

It was only as I wrote about it that I began to find paths of access to feelings that were intolerable to me then. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

#access #began #feelings #find #i

They said hey look, The Beatles deserve to be number one, not Bobby Vinton. We're gonna cut your tires. Change that listing. They were dedicated at the time. ↗

— Bobby Vinton

#bobby #change #cut #dedicated #deserve

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before. ↗

— Jared Leto

#courtney #courtney love #did #disaster #done

I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth. ↗

— Jared Leto

#around #artists #celebrated #child #clear

Experts say that Iraq may have nuclear weapons. That's bad news - they may have a nuclear bomb. Now the good news is that they have to drop it with a camel. ↗

— David Letterman

#bad news #bomb #camel #drop #experts

I know these jokes aren't great, ladies and gentlemen, see this is the problem you run into when you're between impeachments. ↗

— David Letterman

#gentlemen #great #i #into #jokes

New York... when civilization falls apart, remember, we were way ahead of you. ↗

— David Letterman

#apart #civilization #falls #new #new york

President Bush has said that he does not need approval from the UN to wage war, and I'm thinking, well, hell, he didn't need the approval of the American voters to become president, either. ↗

— David Letterman

#approval #become #bush #does #either