{"author":"Paul Simon","author_id":"Paul+Simon","total_quotes":19,"quotes":[{"text":"Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["heroes"],"id":46230,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"I was eating in a Chinese restaurant downtown. There was a dish called Mother and Child Reunion. It's chicken and eggs. And I said, I gotta use that one.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["mother","child","reunion "],"id":61470,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["time","looking","you "],"id":62353,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["train","sound","hopeful "],"id":70232,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"We note our place with bookmarkersThat measure what we've lost.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["books","life"],"id":70976,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"I know a manHe came from my home townHe wore his passion for his womanLike a thorny crownHe said 'DoloresI live in fearMy love for you's so overpoweringI'm afraid that I will disappear.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["despair","disappear","fear","love","passion"],"id":86809,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"I've got nothing to do today but smile.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["happiness","life"],"id":95379,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["good","improvisation","leave "],"id":107284,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"As long as you have capital punishment there is no guarantee that innocent people won't be put to death.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["people","long","you "],"id":142966,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"},{"text":"Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.","author":"Paul Simon","tags":["good","good work","bad "],"id":227190,"author_id":"Paul+Simon"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":19,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}