"It's better to fade away like an..." - Quote by John Lennon
It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.
More by John Lennon
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out.It doesn't matter much to me.”
“Leave a space and something will fill it.”
“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”
More on Life
“It is better that we live ever so Miserably than die in glory.”
“The true guide of life is to do what is right.”
“Life is better lived than conceptualized. — This writing can be less demanding should I allow myself to indulge in the usual manipulating game of role creation. Fortunately for me, my self-knowledge has transcended that and I’ve come to understand that life is best to be lived — not to be conceptualized. If you have to think, you still do not understand.”
More on Longevity
“I just feel that I enjoy the work more than I ever have... or just as much certainly... I enjoy making films behind the camera equally to making them in front of the camera on all those years. I just enjoy it, that's all. I've been lucky enough to work in a profession that I have really liked and so I figured I'd just continue until someone hits me over the head and says "get out".”
“Old age treats freelance writers pretty gently.”
“Even when I'm old and grey, I won't be able to play it, but I'll still love the game.”