Top 39 Quotes by Peter Coyote

About Peter Coyote

These are some quotes by American author Peter Coyote Actor, who was born on October 10, 1941.

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

Peter Coyote

Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.

Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.

Peter Coyote

We put on shows at Golden Gate Park with the Dead and Jefferson Airplane, and the groups were part of the community they emerged out of, not some superstars. We had multiple stages, diversions, communal entertainment. There is something slightly fascistic about sitting in a huge auditorium focusing all the energy on one group far away on stage.

Peter Coyote

I've always been a writer.

I've always been a writer.

Peter Coyote

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

I believe that when you're wrong, own it and apologize, and so I do and put it on the equivalent of my front page.

Peter Coyote

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage.

Peter Coyote

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

I got out of college and I went to get my master's in creative writing at San Francisco State. I was working as an actor at the Actor's Workshop, being abused as a intern.

Peter Coyote

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

Peter Coyote

It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.

It came home to me indelibly that I was never going to change anything in America by walking around carrying a sign. It was a great revelation. It saved me a lot of anxiety and a lot of wasted energy.

Peter Coyote

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