Leonard Cohen Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.”

“I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.”

“Women stand for the objective world for a man. They stand for the thing that you're not and that's what you always reach for in a song.”

“Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five!”

“I always considered myself a minor writer. My province is small, and I try to explore it very, very thoroughly.”

“And most people have a woman in their heart, most men have a woman in their heart and most women have a man in their heart.”

“Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.”