Other people like Neil Young and Dennis Hopper, those are just really close knit family friends.
Amber TamblynMy parents cultured me a lot and they introduced me to a lot of artists, a lot of their friends.
Amber TamblynRight afterward I read Fast Food Nation. That book changed my life: It made me a vegetarian.
Amber TamblynAnd a lot of times in slam poetry I feel like people are so worried about the performance that the words might not be as strong.
Amber TamblynI think we, especially in American culture, are so afraid to talk about death. And I'm not talking about literal death. I'm talking about shedding skin. I'm talking about rebirth, ultimately, and how we continue to change as human beings and continue to grow. There's that great Henry Miller quote, "All growth is a leap in the dark."
Amber Tamblyn