“I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).” Quote by Yony Leyser
“I picked up On The Road, Howl, and Naked Lunch (in that order) in high school. I was blown away. The writing was amazing and the places it took me was even more far out. It opened up new avenues of thinking for me and so I went down the beaten road.” ThinkingWritingSchoolOrderHigh SchoolNakedLunchBeatenAvenuesHowlBlown Away Author:Yony Leyser
“[Allen] Ginsberg totally helped that out. He was the best sales person. He was the most pop. They are still shocking and relevant, especially [William] Burroughs.” PersonsStillsPopsRelevantShockingBurroughsGinsbergSales Person Author:Yony Leyser
“Authors and artists are still afraid of breaking away as far as [William Burroughs] did... And he did it in the 50s!” StillsArtistBurroughsBreaking Away Author:Yony Leyser
“After I got kicked out of CalArts, I moved to Lawrence Kansas where my sister lived. I began working on A William S. Burroughs documentary. I had no idea it would turn into such a big film.” IdeasBigsFilmTurnsMovedNo IdeaMy SisterDocumentariesKansasBurroughs Author:Yony Leyser
“All of William S. Burroughs friends pushed it forward and introduced me to one another. I was able to enter into that beat family for a while and document it.” AbleBeatsDocumentsBurroughs Author:Yony Leyser
“Sundance claimed to be "rebellious" on all of their programs, but they are not. Most of the movies at Sundance were multi-million dollar pictures that were already guaranteed a theatrical release.” MillionsProgramDollarsReleaseRebelliousMillion DollarsTheatricalSundance Author:Yony Leyser
“Slamdance actually is indie and rebellious. Sundance obviously felt threatened.” FeltThreatenedRebelliousSundance Author:Yony Leyser
“I like documenting people who can break away from the conformist boring world we are stuck in and either live their life in a much more far out way or create art that critiques it well.” PeopleWorldWayWellsArtBreakBoringStuckCritiqueConformist Author:Yony Leyser
“It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.” Interesting Author:Eckhart Tolle
“Without perceiving things through the old filter of past conditioning and conceptualization, one can sense the universe is intensely alive. Even so-called inanimate objects - I often pick up little objects and just look at them and sense that they are alive. Physicists actually confirm that what we perceive as dead matter is not dead at all. Everything is an intensely alive energy field. That aliveness is only an aspect of the aliveness or life that I am.” LooksLittlesMatterPastUniverseEnergyAliveFieldsObjectsPicksAspectPerceivePhysicistConditioningFiltersInanimate ObjectsEnergy FieldsConceptualization Author:Eckhart Tolle