Jim Carroll

Person · Open Library

Works

37

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Film & TV

Writing · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

James Dennis "Jim" Carroll was an author, poet, autobiographer, actor and punk musician. He was the author of “The Basketball Diaries,” a cult-classic memoir of his drug-fueled misadventures as a teenager in the 1960s. Then he became a celebrated downtown poet; and then in 1980, the star of his own hit rock band. With the help of the Rolling Stones' Keith Richards, Carroll signed a record deal…

Known for

• Obscene: A Portrait of Barney Rosset and Grove Press — Self2008
• The Basketball Diaries — Frankie Pinewater1995
• Lou Reed - Coney Island Baby Live in Jersey — Guest Performer1992
• Gang of Souls: A Generation of Beat Poets — Self1989
• Tuff Turf — Self1985
• Listen to the City — Hupar1984
• Poetry in Motion — Self1982
• Fridays — Self - Musical Guest1980

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Country

United States

Active from

1949

Active to

2009

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

9,806

Total plays

75,100

Jim Carroll (August 1, 1949-September 11, 2009) was an author, poet, autobiographer, and punk musician. Carroll is best known for his 1978 novel The Basketball Diaries, which was made into a movie in 1995 starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Raised in New York City, Carroll who attended several Catholic Grammar Schools from 1955 to 1963. In fall 1963, he entered public school, but was soon awarded a scholarship to the elite Trinity High School (a private school). He entered Trinity High School in 1964.

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. A Three-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Corporate Performance

   · 1979 · cited 24,199x

2. Welcome to the Tidyverse

   · 2019 · cited 20,416x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,760x

4. The MIQE Guidelines: Minimum Information for Publication of Quantitative Real-Time PCR Experiments

   · 2009 · cited 14,214x

5. Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials: Is blinding necessary?

   · 1996 · cited 13,977x

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Quotes

• “"Consistency is only a virtue if the path is still relevant."”
• “"The speed with which people will disavow themselves tomorrow from what they do today will astonish you."”
• “"This current moment was once your unimaginable future."”
• “"The future you are looking for is the one you choose to create."”
• “"The future is inevitable. Your decisions and actions are not."”
• “"Some people see the future and see a threat. Innovators see the same future and see an opportunity."”

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