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Jim Harrison - From the Advice category:
The only advice I can give to aspiring writers is don't do it unless you're willing to give your whole life to it. Red wine and garlic also helps. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Books category:
I rarely read or buy a book because of a review. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Criticism category:
I used to get criticized for putting food in novels. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Dissatisfaction category:
Naturally we would prefer seven epiphanies a day and an earth not so apparently devoid of angels. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Eccentricity category:
Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness. And they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy... or they become legend. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Form category:
Short things are short all over and long things are long all over. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Freedom category:
I was a dog on a short chain / and now there's no chain. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Gender category:
I don't see gender as the most significant fact of human existence. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Gender category:
Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Money category:
So when I made some money, I didn't have any idea how one handled such a situation because no one in our family ever had any money. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Poetry category:
I got $30 from Nation magazine for a poem and $500 for my first book of poems. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Profession category:
The trajectory started when I was on the roof of our house looking out at a swamp when I was 19. I had written for several years, starting at about 15, but that day on the roof I took my vows and acknowledged my calling. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Risk category:
I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Success category:
Success and money can really be quite blinding. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Teaching category:
I couldn't run a tight schedule, and if you're any good at teaching, you get sucked dry because you like your students and you're trying to help them, but you don't have any time left to write yourself. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Titles category:
I do have trouble with titles. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Vulnerability category:
Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be. (Jim Harrison)
Jim Harrison - From the Writing category:
I write novellas because I don't like loose sprawling prose. (Jim Harrison)
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