Kate Simon Quotes

United States, Author
December 5, 1912 – February, 4, 1990.

Kate Simon was a Polish-born American author. Kate has been a journalist for 30 years, working on various national newspapers and consumer and business magazines. She joined The Independent on Sunday in 1997 and was Travel Editor from 2005 to 2012. These days, Kate continues to write for The Independent, as well as other major publications. But she also uses her travel and journalistic knowledge and contacts to offer an insider’s perspective on PR.

Also known as Journalist, Travel Writer

I was taken by William Burroughs’ presence and intelligence from the first time I was introduced to him, by Lester Bangs in 1975. He was thrilling to listen to. When you heard him speak, you felt that you were privy to such a rare mind. Even in small-talk, he spoke with perfect economy of language. His shoots with me were very collaborative and it was an incredible opportunity to be able to photograph him over the course of twenty years.

Kate Simon
The best way to get around in New York is to be both rich and patient.

Kate Simon
- Way
- Rich
- Patient

A final reminder. Whenever you are in Paris at twilight in the early summer, return to the Seine and watch the evening sky close slowly on a last strand of daylight fading quietly, like a sigh.

Kate Simon
- Summer
- Watches
- Twilight
Go slow. If you have the time for eight countries, take five. If you're rushed to take five, take three.

Kate Simon
- Country
- Three
- Eight
Here I stand, hobbled in a sack of doom, determined to tear out of it, knowing that I will.

Kate Simon
- Women
- Tears
- Knowing
The New York waiter ... knows more than you do about everything. He disapproves of your taste in food and clothing, your gauche manners, your miserliness, and sometimes, it seems, of your very existence, which he tries to ignore.

Kate Simon
- Trying
- Sometimes
- Manners