When I was young and growing up in New York, my parents took me to children's theater quite often - elaborate presentations of 'Goldilocks' and 'Rapunzel' for Upper East Side kids. As I grew older, they took me to adult theater, mostly musicals. Peter Coyote adultchildeast share on social
When I got to Grinnell College, I was part of the black turtleneck sweater and Camel cigarette crowd of poets and writers. Peter Coyote blackcamelcigarette Change image and share on social
My dad was a very violent, frightening and dangerous guy. Next to him, I was this vague kind of kid who walked around, as I still do, gathering impressions. Peter Coyote daddangerousfrighten Change image and share on social
I think the '60s were an extraordinary time. I feel bad for the kids today who missed this wonderful confluence, which was simultaneously a confluence of the global and the mythological. Peter Coyote 60sbadconfluence Change image and share on social
Business is a subset of the environment, not the other way around. You can't have a healthy economy, you can't have a healthy anything in a degraded environment. Peter Coyote businessdegradeeconomy Change image and share on social
I am fascinated by women. They're as close as we men get to experiencing 'the other.' The challenge for me was to know and accept fully formed, powerful women. Peter Coyote acceptchallengeclose Change image and share on social
I would say 90 percent of my mail and phone calls are from people who want some kind of help or succor or commitment from me to do something. Peter Coyote callcommitmentkind Change image and share on social
One of the most treasured books that I own is Donald Allen's 'The New American Poetry, 1945-1960.' It was a totem of great importance and potency to my group of writer friends in college from 1960 to 1964. Peter Coyote allenamericanbook share on social
When you break the rules and you win, you're a hero; when you lose, you're scurrilous. Peter Coyote breakherolose Change image and share on social
