Author: Eileen Myles

Quotes

I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

I wasn't afraid of being poor. I didn't want to live in a big house. I'm the perfect size for poetry. I can move around.

- Eileen Myles

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

Older men get lovable, and older women get monstrous.

- Eileen Myles

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

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

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

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 tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream.

I tend to view my life as an accident, almost as a dream.

- 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

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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