Worse than not realizing the dreams of your youth, would be to have been young and never dreamed at all. – Jean Genet
I recognize in thieves, traitors and murderers, in the ruthless and the cunning, a deep beauty – a sunken beauty. – Jean Genet
A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet
There is a close relationship between flowers and convicts. The fragility and delicacy of the former are of the same nature as the brutal insensitivity of the latter. – Jean Genet
Most of my actor friends dont believe its possible to let go of it and be happy, and for a while that was true for me. For the first two years I ached, every day. And I had such bad dreams. But then I made the decision to start working on my little shop and all that went away. – Genie Francis