I was sure that somewhere a grandiose carnival was going on in the sky, and I was missing it. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes carnival grandiose miss
I met Harrison Ford at Barney's Beanery. And I met Steve Martin at the bar at the Troubador. He said he wanted to be a stand-up comic. I thought that was the worst idea because he was so square, so Orange County. Eve Babitz badbarbarney share on social
From earliest childhood, I have rejoiced over the Santa Ana winds. I know those winds the way the Eskimos know their snows. Eve Babitz anachildhoodearly Change image and share on social
I wasn't as used to the new dumb questions, so when men I had once thought of as wise daddies now asked me 'How do you write?' I did not try and spill red wine in their suede pants. I would just smile and say, 'On a typewriter in the mornings when there's nothing else to do.' Eve Babitz askdaddydumb share on social
Richard Nixon had a kind of Walter Mitty fantasy life. He was a man with a grandiose thoughts: dreams of not simply being president but maybe becoming one of the truly great presidents of American history. Robert Dallek americandreamfantasy share on social
Paying to teach in the trenches was like putting my face through a cutout hole at a carnival while a quarterback threw pies at me. At least with a carnival, I'd see it coming. Erin Gruwell carnivalcomecutout Change image and share on social
Once I could drive, I spent all my time in the city going to metal shows. I missed the first couple of Metallica shows because I was lame. By the time I got into them, they were playing places like the Kabuki. Brian Posehn citycoupledrive share on social