Jack (John) Kerouac Quotes

1922 - 1969

US novelist. His fast-moving, stream of consciousness novel On The Road (1957) became the quintessential text of the Beat Generation.

1959 Interview in Playboy, Jun.

All of life is a foreign country.

Jack (John) Kerouac
— 1949 Letter, 24 Jun.

I have nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.

Jack (John) Kerouac
— 1957 On The Road, pt.2, ch.3.

Desolation Angels.

Jack (John) Kerouac
— 1965 Title of novel.

The road is life.

Jack (John) Kerouac
— 1957 OnThe Road, pt.3, ch.5.