Neal Cassady Quotes

Neal Leon Cassady was a major figure of the Beat Generation of the 1950s and the psychedelic and counterculture movements of the 1960s.

He was prominently featured as himself in the original "scroll" version of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road. He also served as the model for the character Dean Moriarty in the 1957 version of that book. In many of Kerouac's later books, Cassady is represented by the character Cody Pomeray.

✵ 8. February 1926 – 4. February 1968
Neal Cassady photo
Neal Cassady: 2 quotes1 like

Neal Cassady Quotes

“Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits.”

Neal Cassady

Source: First Third & Other Writings - Revised & Expanded Edition Together With A New Prologue

“The time has come, everybody lie down so you won't get hurt when the sun bursts.”

Neal Cassady

Source: First Third & Other Writings - Revised & Expanded Edition Together With A New Prologue

Similar authors

Andy Warhol photo
Andy Warhol133
American artist None
Arthur Miller photo
Arthur Miller147
playwright from the United States None
Jorge Luis Borges photo
Jorge Luis Borges213
Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator… None
Elizabeth Taylor photo
Elizabeth Taylor33
British-American actress None
Marilyn Monroe photo
Marilyn Monroe149
American actress, model, and singer None
Robert Frost photo
Robert Frost265
American poet None
Hunter S. Thompson photo
Hunter S. Thompson268
American journalist and author None
Woody Allen photo
Woody Allen229
American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, p… None
Daisaku Ikeda photo
Daisaku Ikeda25
Japanese writer None