Author: Eileen Myles

Quotes

I've had a lifelong waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop feeling when something good happens.

I've had a lifelong waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop feeling when something good happens.

- Eileen Myles

The first time I voted, I voted for Eugene McCarthy and I knew he wouldn't win, but it felt so great to vote for him, to vote for the right guy - the one who wanted peace.

The first time I voted, I voted for Eugene McCarthy and I knew he wouldn't win, but it felt so great to vote for him, to vote for the right guy - the one who wanted peace.

- Eileen Myles

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Reading by reading, I just kind of follow my nose.

I really just love reading. It's my favorite thing, performing my poems live. Reading by reading, I just kind of follow my nose.

- Eileen Myles

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

Poetry always, always, always is a key piece of democracy.

- Eileen Myles

As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.

As things get worse, poetry gets better because it becomes more necessary.

- Eileen Myles

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

- Eileen Myles

Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.

Lyndon Johnson, I know for a fact, was a great president. And I don't mean by that he was a great man.

- Eileen Myles

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

A vote should be generative, not like business as usual, which is what voting feels like for most of us.

- Eileen Myles

I thought 'Chelsea Girls' was going to change my life.

I thought 'Chelsea Girls' was going to change my life.

- Eileen Myles

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