“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.”

About Jack Kerouac

Author • American

Jack Kerouac was a pioneering American novelist and poet, and a central figure of the Beat Generation. His most famous work, "On the Road," became an anthem for counterculture with its spontaneous prose and themes of...