“[Kenneth Koch] taught children in public schools in New York City to write poems and told them down worry about rhyming, don't worry about any of that stuff. You know, write a poem where you mention three colors and make it five lines - or he would just give them, you know, little strategies. And, man, they wrote some great poems.” KnowsMenGivingWritingChildrenLittlesSchoolThreeStuffLinesCitiesWorryFiveNew YorkTaughtColorStrategyNew York CityPublic SchoolRhymingKenneth Author:Jim Jarmusch
“The filmmaker Amos Poe was a huge inspiration for me by making guerrilla-style punk films on the streets of New York and - well, it's just a lot of painters and artists and filmmakers all within that scene, and it's very, very important to me.” WellsImportantInspirationFilmArtistStreetsStyleNew YorkHugeScenePainterFilmmakerPunkGuerrillas Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I'd wanted to be a writer and when I came back to New York worked as a musician too, but I found my writing starting to get more and more referential to cinema.” WritingWantedFoundNew YorkMusicianStartingCinemaStarting Over Author:Jim Jarmusch
“I've always loved films, always. I studied literature and I went to Columbia in New York and I went to Paris for part of one year and ended up staying there.” YearsFilmLiteratureStrongNew YorkParisStayingStay StrongColumbia Author:Jim Jarmusch
“It was a really interesting time in New York in the late 70s and early 80s, and the music scene was really, really interesting because you didn't have to be a virtuoso to make music, it was more about your desire to express things.” DesireInterestingNew YorkSceneLateStandards80sReally InterestingInteresting TimesVirtuoso Author:Jim Jarmusch
“When I left Ohio when I was 17 and ended up in New York and realised that not all films had the giant crab monsters in them, it really opened up a lot of things for me.” FilmLeftNew YorkMonstersGiantsRealisedOhioCrabs Author:Jim Jarmusch
