Jim Harrison Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“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.”

“The old fun thing is when somebody typed up the first chapter of War and Peace. And then made a precis of the rest of it and sent it out and only one publisher recognized it.”

“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.”

“Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.”

“Success and money can really be quite blinding.”

“I see more genuine sociability between the races in Mississippi than I see in Michigan. No question.”

“Your kids inevitably want to move where they had their vacations when they were younger.”

“Writers can write outside their ethnicity or sex depending how open and vulnerable they wish to be.”

“After a lifetime of world travel I've been fascinated that those in the third world don't have the same perception of reality that we do.”

“Michigan is two radically different places - the North and the South which makes for good drama and contrast.”