Elliott Ribner > Elliott's Quotes

“In the room, the cats eat mad spaghetti
Talking of Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
--from "The Dream Song of J. Alfred Kerowack.”
― Richard Fariña

“Been down so long it looks like up to me” is NOT a quote from Richard Fariña. It his the title of his novel. It is, in fact a quote from the 1928 blues song "I Will Turn Your Money Green".

Doesn't anybody vett these things?”
― Richard Fariña, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

“we mistake induction for generation.”
― Richard Fariña, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me