Jack Kerouac: Doing
Jack Kerouac was American writer. Explore interesting quotes on doing.“There was nothing to talk about anymore. The only thing to do was go.”
Jack Kerouac book On the Road
Source: On the Road
“I saw that my life was a vast glowing empty page and I could do anything I wanted.”
Jack Kerouac book The Dharma Bums
The Dharma Bums (1958)
Used in the Apple "Think Different" marketing campaign and sometimes attributed to Kerouac on the internet, perhaps because it evokes his famous quote from On the Road: "The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and everybody goes "Awww!"" The original script was actuality written by Rob Siltanen with participation of Lee Clow. In "The Real Story Behind Apple's 'Think Different' Campaign" in Forbes (14 December 2011) http://www.forbes.com/sites/onmarketing/2011/12/14/the-real-story-behind-apples-think-different-campaign/ Rob Siltanen states: "I wrote everything..." "I shared my scripts with Lee, and he thought they were good. He made a couple tweaks..." <br class="br">Misattributed
“This is the story of America. Everybody's doing what they think they're supposed to do.”
Source: On the Road: the Original Scroll
Source: Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
Source: On the Road: the Original Scroll
“It's hard to explain and best thing to do is not be false.”
Jack Kerouac book Big Sur
Source: Big Sur